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biz Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.6 2.7 0 9.9 0 0 8.8
Number of occurrences85 0 1 0 0 2
Number of authors5 2 1 2

Occurrences of biz in Corpus

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Central

Durie, Nick Votin Seestems, (peffers50.freeserve 2003) Central - Glasgow, prose
ies a drochlin amoont o saets biz thair jonick nummer o votes
idiepeers wi the ane ou uize, biz thair saets: constitouensie g
s neirhann the sibbest upcumm biz the persentage Ah'm thinkin t
3 matches

McKillop, Roger The Appin Murderer, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, prose
e saw the clachan wis aw’ a biz, news o’ the murder wis abr
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Uprisin' an' Doonfa', (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
Ma Bethan wis aw' a biz when she heard that the Princ
1 matches

Orkney

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Wur bame an burrog in the biz on page 84

1 matches

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
An they biz aboot atween yer lugs on page 16

1 matches

@the_gellick tweeted
Nae #UlsterScots biz aboot the clachan the nicht: (2015) twitter link

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