A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'bonus'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
bonusOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.92216
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 13.1 4 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee 42.5 4 1
EDN - Edinburgh 12.6 2 2
GLA - Glasgow 10.9 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 4 3 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
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of bonus in Corpus

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Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
An noo the bonus on page 107

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
dey aye got too, wis an added bonus, an aalways a cause a graet a on page 93

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
wirk - Ah spose it's jist a bonus if ye div." on page 86

1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
te. Join Quidco an get a £10 bonus fin ye make yer 1st purchase.(2019)

@FaeFoggie tweeted
@Manuforti1968 Bonus point min(2019)
@chimp7 Bonus point fir you. Weel done(2020)

General Northern

Strachan, Shane Beyond the Sea, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Doric, prose
llow balls. I hae tae win the bonus points.
1 matches

@beast_afc tweeted
level cm partnership is a big bonus boost. In previous mens natio(2020)
oond the pitch. #stinkgoesup #bonus(2020)

(South) East Central

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
ther airts tae read is like a bonus.
1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
ven though we turned doun our bonus, like, on page 83

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
. An sic efforts will hae the bonus o creatin jobs. on page 148

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
delay wis costin him money in bonus as weel as stackin up the cos on page 48
hey demandit triple time an a bonus as danger money. Nou they wer on page 58
ig crowd there that day wis a bonus. Aw the mair tae see them cry on page 87

3 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Their bonus questions followed,
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
hat wis at stake wis a wickly bonus o fags whan the doctor cam, a
1 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
So that day yer Da wis bonus-bent on humphin hame joy. on page 135

1 matches

@johnstone_shane tweeted
arket we've bin offered a 10% bonus on only wan week's wage and a (2020) twitter link

General Central

@g_hibby tweeted
ate?.. Dry but cauld here.. A bonus wi' the water levels going do (2022) twitter link
Ye have tae look on this as a bonus Freckles... Just wish people (2023) twitter link

@IshbelMcF tweeted
Thon wis braw! Bonus wis that whan A plugged in ma(2020)