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The word 'bhoys'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
bhoysOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.1138
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 12.8 5 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 10.9 2 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of bhoys in Corpus

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General Northern

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
@celticfc fit like bhoys? A'm mair o' a banana kind o'(2015)

@fittiecrooners tweeted
ds, dee yer best tae beat yon Bhoys #COYR @AberdeenFC(2017)

(South) East Central

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
Q33714202 lookin forrit tae u bhoys - clappin us btw lol (2020) twitter link
@Liam2TLR bhoys went leadsie cos the gyms r s (2020) twitter link
the real drivers r the nascar bhoys (2020) twitter link
am retweetin this cos they bhoys r legends - dont b beat and (2020) twitter link
lour blind - weel am eer man bhoys lol (2020) twitter link

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
passion an’ effort for the bhoys!
1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
'Fuckin intae them, bhoys! Time fur a skirmish!' Danny on page 17
'GIT HIM, BHOYS! FUCKIN GIT HIM: on page 43

2 matches

General Central

@_Erinboyle_ tweeted
t cause. Well done to all the bhoys at @5kKano for a great night (2021) twitter link

@PeoplesPoet77 tweeted
inks79 @star_welsh Watchin ma Bhoys oan the box hen but this is p (2022) twitter link

General Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
oys aa in Grane sung C'mon ye Bhoys, an Ole Ole, whut a wunnerful on page 29

1 matches

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