A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

minibus Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.1 5.7 0 0 5.8 0 4.4
Number of occurrences1311 0 0 1 0 1
Number of authors5 3 1 1

Occurrences of minibus in Corpus

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Central

Grubb, Adrian Bungee, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Kirkcaldy, prose
t 20 eh us. We got on the wee minibus and want tae the bridge, whir
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Challengin' Times, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
We followed her down tae the minibus, gave her space tae calm doon
, then we walked back tae the minibus, tae find him there smokin’
2 matches

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
“Transfer”, takin’ the Minibus an’ trailer, with the stude
um, fir some reason, gave the minibus keys tae a “Teachin’ prac
ion. Callum, “Can A hae the minibus keys?” Student, “A’ve n
spare keys doon in the ithir minibus. Callum tae this day protests
e, drookit, descended tae the minibus, whaur she wis met by Morag,
5 matches

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Music, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
this yi, again sittin’ in a Minibus awaitin’ the return o’ ma
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
nMusselburgh cood u pit oan a minibus then n al drum up some suppor (2020) twitter link
mind the snow chains fir the minibus guys (2020) twitter link

Shetland

Cumming, John Kirsten, (Shetland For Wirds 2006) Shetland, prose
e, wi da rest o da squad i da minibus dat moarnin. Der wis naethin
1 matches

Ulster

Ulster Scots Agency Ulster Scots Census, (census.gov.uk 2021) Ulster, government
Tha bus, minibus or motor-coach (apen or hiddl
1 matches

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