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Use in varieties of Scots

billy's Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.4 2.6 9 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences115 6 0 0 0 0
Number of authors7 4 3

Occurrences of billy's in Corpus

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Central

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
s a clatter o hooves ootby as Billy's pownie skitit tae a stop on t on page 76

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Big Billy's Wham-Bammer on page 23

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
uck-clucks. I wis speakin fer Billy's sake an magic wis his favouri on page 74
il an rested the ither yin on Billy's shooder as if we were u best on page 75

2 matches

@OliphantWullie tweeted
boy, whit hae ye done tae get Billy's dander up? Hope ye've no canc (2022) twitter link

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
, clappin the back o'is han. "Billy's jist a bliddy feel." on page 34
n it Sandy an syne it Jinny. "Billy's thinkin o pittin twinty thoos on page 37

3 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

Wheeler, Leslie Brockit, the Ferm Toon Cat, (Grampian Regional Council 2000) Doric, weans
ied them. Neen o the loons in Billy's class hid ivver bin tae a Don
on? Weel, nae usually, but in Billy's case ye could. Fit wye?
2 matches

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