A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

boaties Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.6 2.1 21.1 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences184 14 0 0 0 0
Number of authors6 1 5

Occurrences of boaties in Corpus

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Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
n dey Ah wis joukin amang the boaties beachit oan the shore + nets on page 11
hir waa tae bield the beachit boaties. Gin, seys Skaldie, the waves on page 14

4 matches

Doric

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
ht aboat wis thi hairber, the boaties an thi sea. Ma hero's wis lad on page 1
ed's wis a bit a grun eit sma boaties used tae catch feish ower thi on page 19
ifter at, bit at least aa thi boaties got sum deesint big hauls. It on page 20
we us Boddimer's berthen wer boaties en ther hairber en thi winter on page 50

6 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
hear e wird o God. He saw twa boaties hauled up on e shore. E fishe on page 87

3 matches

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
ansported doon it bi 'rabelo' boaties daes rin throu the city thou. on page 9

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
. "'Fit'll we christen it? Aa boaties hae names," he speired.
he Quarry Quine," quo Jenny. "Boaties are aye weemin."
A fleet o rooshty fishin boaties bobbit at anchor. The lift wi
3 matches

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
nd and cast nets oot in their boaties.
1 matches

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