A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

bovril Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.4 4.1 3 0 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences118 2 0 0 1 0
Number of authors6 3 2 1

Occurrences of bovril in Corpus

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Central

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
pals an' bought a hot pie an' Bovril tae keep theirsel's warm an' on page

2 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
t. Fae time tae time she made Bovril or Ovaltine. It wis lichtsome on page 15

1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
y mair - same goes wae pie n bovril - folk said alot worse than (2021) twitter link
wee while afore u get a pie n bovril m8 - a kin suggest the scrum (2021) twitter link
s a cannae comment on pie and bovril aboot the juniors due to a li (2020) twitter link
o is tynierose on the pie and bovril site? i have received a lifet (2020) twitter link
whaes awe the nonces oan pie/bovril thats slaggin me aff? get eer (2021) twitter link

Doric

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
are fecht in the cheap seats! Bovril f’er yer mitt and a het waat(2018) search twitter

@FaeFoggie tweeted
i main stand wi a het pie and bovril. Hink it wis aginst Dundee. Y(2019) search twitter

Southern

@Woodwinecoolers tweeted
ooooh yeah cannae beat ah wee Bovril ?? (2022) twitter link