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billy Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words69 57.6 69.3 129.2 0 175.7 146.1
Number of occurrences221112 46 13 0 17 33
Number of authors54 31 13 2 2 6

Occurrences of billy in Corpus

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Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 76 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
kil feigurs in Scottish life: Billy Wolfe an Tom Fleming. on page 3

1 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
Billy the Kid and the KO at the Cor on page 12
UP THERE WAE OUR BOTTLES LIKE BILLY THE FUCKIN KID, A shout. He s on page 14
he big weed n dandelion heed. Billy the Kid tries tae grab ma leg on page 15

5 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
lder laddies - an whiles wee Billy - wad gang up tae the peat-h on page 74
tanemason himsel; while young Billy warked Cruikedbank alangside on page 75
ys, I think he's gaun fast... Billy, will ye tak the pownie an ri on page 76
'll be comin tae bide here wi Billy, Christian an mysel.' on page 77

9 matches

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
Puffin Billy on page 50

2 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
causin a riot. There wis Auld Billy an his wife Moira. He wis an on page 61
HULL-O HULL-O WE ARE THE BILLY BOYS HULL-O HULL-O YOU'LL HEA on page 69
Billy Abbott-Bueller. Here. Molly A on page 169

8 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Big Billy's Wham-Bammer on page 23
y duin, Puir auld 'Backstairs Billy!' on page 44
That hud lauched at Billy Connolly's craic, on page 51
Billy Hodge on page 67
Billy McLean on page 75
Also on pages 142
6 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
school, and then there's me, Billy nae mates. But ah cannae be t on page 4

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
Clure an The Mither Tongue bi Billy Kay. Finnin the roots o Scots on page 57
in parteeclar, a maun-read is Billy Kay's Scots: The Mither Tongu on page 61

2 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
"Ye did. I seen ye," Billy said. on page 71
I also kept yin e'e on Billy. He had reached the burn an w on page 73
ye! It wis you that did it!" Billy backed awa some mair, He wis on page 74
il an rested the ither yin on Billy's shooder as if we were u bes on page 75
e ma hip an held oot ma hand. Billy took it. Easy as that. We hea on page 76

14 matches

Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
the boolin the morn's mornin, Billy, we're playin a club fae ower on page 6

1 matches

Hodgson, Brent Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
we see the gey heidie boffin billy, Dr. Henry Jekyll, an the glo on page 119

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 74 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
ester an Scots leid activist, Billy Kay.
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS nummer 109, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
his 'Poems' in the 1720s, an Billy Kay is oan record sayin the s
1 matches

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
he tap o the toon, ma name is Billy Kay, an Gawston is thrang wi
1 matches

Clark, Thomas Wha's Like Us?, (Bella Caledonia 2017) Central - Bellshill, blog
An as Billy Joel yinst sang - sometimes
1 matches

Bremner, Stewart Haud Yer Wheesht?, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
ndit o the first time a heard Billy Kay speakin Scots a few years
1 matches

McClelland, Ben Chicagof Island, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Ayr, prose
y in Chicagof Island, Alaska, Billy n his twa wains, Gabe n Bear,
Billy saw his chance 'n' jumpt doon
2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Fae Mooth tae Page, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central, blog
Ma venerable Bella colleague, Billy Kay, bein telt in the comment
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 149, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
Jock Stein. 7.Ally McCoist. 8.Billy Connolly. 9. Ewan McGregor. 1
1 matches

Grae, Emma Jimmy and his wee darlin Alexa, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
Ah turnt tae face Billy. He wis skin and bones, but h
r way wi already?” ah asked Billy.
Wee Billy fae next door gat carted oot
3 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
, and thanks for dealing with Billy the supplier so well this mor
1 matches

Grae, Emma Billy's Ghost Dug, (liarsleague.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
rhooks waitin fur the postie. Billy, ye stupid auld duffer. That
1 matches

Chalmers, Aimee Lallans 59 - Joukene Poukerie, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
turn will ne’er forgie ye. Billy Bunter has never lookit me i
Billy Bunter was i the terrace, rid
He wasnae really cried Billy Bunter. That was juist whit f
. Ye cuid mak it intae a dam. Billy Bunter wuid see ye was far ow
fair made yer hert flichter. Billy Bunter wuidnae ken hoo tae ta
11 matches

Muir, Glenn The Truth Will Out, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
Gus continued, “Billy Handbag (the brither) he cont
t me that the mither said tae Billy that he wis the spitting imag
hael Jackson is guid looking, Billy is an ugly wee get, Boris Kar
3 matches

McKillop, Roger Wee Roge Boobs, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
d sheet oan the flair. A took Billy’s BP, which wis very high,
on of his gaze, ok got it! “Billy were you playin’ Badminton
2 matches

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
flawed phenomenon but great! Billy McNeill once said in an inter
1 matches

Connor, Bailey A SCOTS HORROR STORY, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
pure ragin. She wis missin a Billy Connolly stand-up fir this
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 75, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
You really are a silly billy.
1 matches

@g_hibby tweeted
ust sayin' nowt' from now oan Billy.. As ye say, seemed tae work. (2022) twitter link

@gordimhor1 tweeted
@billykayscot Week said Billy Reading things scrived in my (2018) search twitter

@ClashCityClarky tweeted
billykayscot Brawly duin, oor Billy!(2020) search twitter

@mcfarlane_irene tweeted
@billykayscot I maun tell ye, Billy, that efter I typed thon twee(2018) search twitter
ce @billykayscot Guid oan ye, Billy, man!(2018) search twitter

@OliphantWullie tweeted
erivation o that village name Billy??? (2022) twitter link
oc @ScotsLeidNews Gaun yirsel Billy. Gie it laldy !! Jist think.. (2022) twitter link
mal situation !!! Gaun yirsel Billy !! (2022) twitter link
e to read the WGD's reply tae Billy Kay's critics ( maistly Union (2022) twitter link
boy, whit hae ye done tae get Billy's dander up? Hope ye've no ca (2022) twitter link
and 2 other occurrences.

@billykayscot tweeted
ruments & Scots culture. When Billy Jackson did similar in his sc(2020) search twitter
he hertland o Burns an Scots. Billy Hughes did great wark doon th(2020) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
Wis Billy no in this exact same positio(2020) search twitter
n nasty. How quick ye forget, Billy. #Corrie(2020) search twitter

@DABArbuckle tweeted
@billykayscot Billy, just bought yer book 'The Mi(2020) search twitter
@billykayscot Of coorse Billy. The penny has jist drapped. (2020) search twitter
@billykayscot Happy birthday Billy. Hae a braw day(2020) search twitter

@johnstone_shane tweeted
anks fir readin an fir puntin Billy! Sae guid tae hear yir enjoyi (2020) twitter link
Thi bold Billy Kay readin ma buik ?? https:/ (2020) twitter link
@BigIssue @arkbounduk Cheers Billy, aye means a loat. Hope yir w (2020) twitter link
Err Billy Kay gien ma buik a dunt. http (2020) twitter link
@billykayscot @CMoonDL Met Billy at a waddin a coupla year syn (2020) twitter link

@LairnScots tweeted
to the Scottish Diaspora with Billy Kay" https://t.co/AE34lqHA3C (2020) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
o - a kin c ee noo - puffin billy lol (2021) twitter link
oners oan the park n even wee billy bremner kent that - crackin (2020) twitter link
in east lothian - ffs puffin billy is back n follow the smokescr (2020) twitter link

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 84 - Jamie’s Day Oot, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
eel, weel, weel,' thocht this billy ti hissel wi a shak o his hei on page 40

1 matches

Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - A hame is a hame is a hame, is it nae?, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
rathspey, ma Grunny nicknamed Billy, on page 33

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Puffin Billy on page 33
, clappin the back o'is han. "Billy's jist a bliddy feel." on page 34
inny a condescendin leuk, "an Billy kens is wine." on page 35
h'v aiven munuged te persuade Billy te jine ma theatre club." on page 36
in yer meal, Sandy, ma maan?" Billy toppit up 1s wine glaiss. "Ah on page 37

21 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
Arimathea, a gweed, upstannin billy, att wis wytin for e comin o on page 120

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Nae ithir billy's in ma tree on page 125

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 79 - The Tattiebogle, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
Robbie Yeats o Auchenfairlie, Billy Grant fae Boggiemerk, Davie F on page 15

1 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
arin, Bert - an flappin like billy-o they were, tryin tae get hi on page 118

1 matches

Shepherd, Robbie Harknin tae the braw souns, (John Benjamin 2000) Doric, newspaper
Max Houliston, fa's brither, Billy, some o ye will myn, played f
1 matches

Wheeler, Leslie Brockit, the Ferm Toon Cat, (Grampian Regional Council 2000) Doric, weans
Billy wis only sivven year aul, but
n tae the fitba in Aiberdeen. Billy wis ower the meen!
ied them. Neen o the loons in Billy's class hid ivver bin tae a D
Billy couldna believe the number o
Billy wis rael prood o his Aiberdee
9 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Loch Skeen, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
Oot forenent was the Billy-gait wi muckle roond horns, g
Ay. A mind seein yon muckle Billy gait up on the hull,” A say
a guid idea! A dinnae lik yon Billy gait. It’s stanin ower
“A wadnae! Yon Billy-gaits naw for rinnin awa!”
4 matches

Young, Morna The Twa Chrisses, (Scots Language Center 2021) Doric, prose
s kent since she wis wee… Billy or Jimmy or David… and she
Whedder there’s a Billy boy or a Bessie cat, ilka day
2 matches

@fittiecrooners tweeted
ouneside @Orchid_Aberdeen Aye Billy Cowper en a!! The pair o’the(2018) search twitter

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
@billykayscot Aye, Billy, fowk forget that kennin yer (2020) twitter link

@McGoo1888 tweeted
d the Confederacy of Dunces...Billy Connolys favourite book....ye (2022) twitter link

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
I hae a peedie billy - if thoo wants, he's thine on page 50
Billy Blue on page 55
Cheust cut the claik," moaned Billy. "Open up and let me in!" on page 56
ower. He guffed cheust like a billy goat and nearly caa'd me ower on page 68

12 matches

Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Her and Billy gaed ower on the Hamnavoe, on page 32

1 matches

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
days, an Billy, ane o hir laddies, tae the b
wi hir twae sons, Stewart an Billy Nelson, whae baith
50 yeir or sae, an Billy hes been doon England fur mon
ining accident. A’m telt at Billy Dickson, ane o the sons, is n
tterlie uncle Jim an faimlie, Billy, Jenny an
7 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
Mony thanks tae Billy, supportive o aa as aye. Lug (2020) twitter link
pus in the yerkers an bogles Billy. Braw photie o twae o Ayrshir(2020) search twitter
ayscot @yyesscotland Braw pic Billy, David and Sandie are braw fo(2020) search twitter
Nup, never heard o it an lik Billy, Ah'm no really yin for the n(2020) search twitter
ic_Ally Mony thanks at ye oor Billy, aye appreciatit bi aa. (2020) twitter link
and 5 other occurrences.

Ulster

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Billy on page 60

1 matches

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
Some shout aboot King Billy an' o' the Maiden City. on page 44

1 matches

Morrison-Smyth, Anne A Furst Readin Book in Ulster Scots, (Evertype 2011) Ulster, weans
Three Billy Goats Gruff
Yinst thur wur three billy goats. Thur wus Wee Billy Goa
goats. Thur wus Wee Billy Goat Gruff. Thur wus Big Bill
Goat Gruff. Thur wus Big Billy Goat Gruff. An thur wus
Wile Big Billy Goat Gruff.
15 matches

King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
‘What aboot King Billy bike ramps?’ he saed.
Gary was mad aboot King Billy. If he wasnae makin us aal cy
‘Ah'm bored bein King Billy,’ ah saed.
r. It wud be like playin King Billy withoot King Jimmy.’
Ah follaed Jenny tae the Billy Goats Gruff wuiden play park.
8 matches

@OrangRuth tweeted
Leeds shirt to carry aff the Billy look and nat as camp a pose(2018) search twitter
e's houlin'? I'm glad him and Billy Blake foun' it.(2019) search twitter

@the_gellick tweeted
e work oot which yin was King Billy. Hooaniver, it was quare crac (2018) twitter link
ngs (supporters "Tory"); King Billy (constitutional) gied it a be (2015) twitter link
@stevhep @FolktaleFan - "billy" is an aul Scots wurd for a l (2014) twitter link
he Dervock folk are scunnert, Billy. They're heidin round tae tho (2015) twitter link
@LillyBynn Aye, Billy, the aul spellcheck aye chang (2015) twitter link

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