Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

boy's	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	15.6	5.7	46.7	29.8	0	20.7	13.3
Number of occurrences	50	11	31	3	0	2	3
Number of authors	16	8	2	3		2	1

Occurrences of boy's in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Clark, Thomas Intae the Snaw, (Gatehouse Press 2015 ISBN: 978-0992857370) Central, poetry
Jist read that in the auld boy's beuk the day. on page 25

1 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
ke ma heed it ma pal. The eld boy's eyes ir as wide as two-pence on page 13
still thinkin aboot that eld boy's empty two-penny eyes. on page 16
forehead at the boy's nose. He folds n lands next t on page 20

3 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
The boy's een wur wild. He stopped thra on page 1

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Bold boy's on thi rampage on page 8

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
ea, lockt in puirtith, an the boy's prospects wir dim. His faithe on page 100

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
Malcolm. Ah'd huv kicked that boy's arse tae kingdom come. Mind y on page 111

1 matches

Sprott, Gavin Lallans 68 - Gairdens, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
The touch o a boy's hand? on page 98

1 matches

Curt_Kenobi Mates, (archiveofourown.org 2016) Central, prose
Sick Boy's fuckin stylish, though. Fucki
nnae have one masel, but Sick Boy's sense - - it jist doesnae gie
2 matches

Doric

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
s tae rileev thi preesher, an boy's yea hid tae look oot an nay g on page 6
en gassed eit this aim tyme, "Boy's a ken fit lyke aat, "Pompay" on page 9
l, cus eit weis shotten oot, "Boy's a deer," eit weis towen wer b on page 11
tae thi hairber, "Boy's," weis er nay a crowd gaither on page 26
elt eih bait, an a looket en, boy's a coodna bileev fit a seen, S on page 27
Also on pages 32, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 46, 48, 49, 50, 51, 55, 57, 61, 62, 65, 67, 68
30 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
an gaawk. Ye're gettin in the boy's road," muttert Joyce as the m on page 13

1 matches

Orkney

Sclater, Kathryn Gallows Ha - The chapel by the burn, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
o thir boy's blid spilt, on page 7

1 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
I could see bi the boy's reaction, he wis clearly not on page 60

1 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
then pits a patch on the boy's breeks on page 117

1 matches

Southern

Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
ang fag an straikin her lover-boy's pow, on page 141

1 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
ly appreciate it, where's yer boy's auld schuil? (2020) twitter link

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
t him, but Maisie watched the boy's een follae the notes o the tu on page 7
he lifted the bacon ontae the boy's plate. "Ihere ye go, son. Tha on page 12
urther explanation as tae the boy's exect position on the femlie on page 15

3 matches