A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

bhoys Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.2 5.3 3.2 0 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences1310 2 0 0 0 1
Number of authors8 5 2 1

Occurrences of bhoys in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
'Fuckin intae them, bhoys! Time fur a skirmish!' Danny on page 17
'GIT HIM, BHOYS! FUCKIN GIT HIM: on page 43

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McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
passion an’ effort for the bhoys!
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@_Erinboyle_ tweeted
t cause. Well done to all the bhoys at @5kKano for a great night (2021) twitter link

@PeoplesPoet77 tweeted
inks79 @star_welsh Watchin ma Bhoys oan the box hen but this is p (2022) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
Q33714202 lookin forrit tae u bhoys - clappin us btw lol (2020) twitter link
@Liam2TLR bhoys went leadsie cos the gyms r s (2020) twitter link
the real drivers r the nascar bhoys (2020) twitter link
am retweetin this cos they bhoys r legends - dont b beat and (2020) twitter link
lour blind - weel am eer man bhoys lol (2020) twitter link

Doric

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
@celticfc fit like bhoys? A'm mair o' a banana kind o'(2015) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
ds, dee yer best tae beat yon Bhoys #COYR @AberdeenFC(2017) search twitter

Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
oys aa in Grane sung C'mon ye Bhoys, an Ole Ole, whut a wunnerful on page 29

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