A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'bury'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
buryOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.42418
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 21.9 2 2
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.1 4 1
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 18.2 4 2
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 5
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 41.7 3 3
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of bury in Corpus

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Orkney

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
bit tae bury me poor deid cock. on page 144

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Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
a chance ta dö onything bit bury hit ida grund. on page 105

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Sutherland, Hazel Biggin Da Dess, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
n dir bozy for a cuddle an ta bury dir face in da crisp hay, to
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Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia Widney’s Fuil, (Mak Forrit 2017) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
ignant last wirdies: “dinna bury me like a beast.” Ah’m al
1 matches

Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
d will claim itsel back, will bury every last trace o us until w
1 matches

(South) East Central

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
JESSIE: Eh? Can we no jist bury it? on page 64
us, Jessie! We were gaun tae bury a moose! on page 69

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West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
howk a hole in some field an bury it aa? on page 105

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Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Sum bury thir haeds in thi tully on page 38

1 matches

Glasgow

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
ye bury somebdy. on page 18

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Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
h download Twitter. Ah cannae bury ma heid in the sand furever.
Ah bury ma face in ma hauns. Ah want
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Grae, Emma Billy's Ghost Dug, (liarsleague.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Ah bury ma face in ma hauns and look
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Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
for his puir lass tae fin an bury. on page 59

1 matches

General Central

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
If A bury masel, A'll feel safe in the on page 12

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
fur the livin and a hole tae bury the dead in. on page 44

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Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
s. It’s a lovely feeling. I bury my face in his fur, and when
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Hieroglyphics and Other Stories - All that Glistens, (Canongate 2004 ISBN: 1841955191) Central, prose
the aulden days they used tae bury the royals in it. They cried
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@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
fundamental conflicts. I maun bury masel in bread bins an Angela(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Niven, Liz Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central, poetry
Bury her in the soil, sing her spi on page 3

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Haddow, Kris nobody remembers the birdman - The Incomer, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
and they'd roar and laugh and bury their happy wee heids in his on page 78

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Neill, Josie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009) Central - Galloway, poetry
tten when it wis proposed tae bury radioactive nuclear waste in
1 matches

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