A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

biddy Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.2 2.7 16 0 0 10.9 0
Number of occurrences165 10 0 0 1 0
Number of authors8 4 3 1

Occurrences of biddy in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Eemis Stane 2 - Editorial: A Twa Wey Street, (Eemis Stane 2023) Central, prose
the pairty wi a bottle o rid biddy if we're the anely wans that on page 3

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 73 - Waashin Day Weirriors, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
no an awfy wey tae talk tae a biddy. An me jist ettlin tae help, on page 66

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 82 - Nae Guid Ettle, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
nnae sey onythin guid aboot a biddy, say naethin ataw', he'd aye on page 16

1 matches

Watt, George T. Lallans 74 - Distempered, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
enge we’re less than ony ar biddy,
1 matches

@ClashCityClarky tweeted
@Historic_Ally knee biddy tocks lik thon noordaze(2019) search twitter

Doric

Cameron, Alan Lallans 90 - Drumtulloch, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
stered by the speed o the aul biddy, loupit back onty the glaur a on page 84

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
A'biddy seems tae think I'm lazy on page 116
A'biddy wiz feelin' gay (feelin' gay) on page 118
the mair a biddy trevels on page 149
Nae biddy's feart o' playin it on page 195

8 matches

Mitchell, Ian R. Lallans 63 - Walkin Woundit, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
didnae wurk, and ivvery ither biddy in the street, in the scheme,
1 matches

Southern

Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
and wad muckle Biddy. on page 146

1 matches

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