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The word 'bout'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
boutOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus51611
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 12.6 2 2
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 10.7 8 3
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) 2369.7 1 1
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of bout in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
id in the morneen or a sudden bout o flu on page 70

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
n Joyce, wykened bi er naisty bout o praan pysonin, sleepit like on page 46

1 matches

General Northern

Shearer, Gillian Tales Fae The Doric Side - Guernica, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
mind yon time aifter anither bout o hoastin, Da promised tae gi on page 43

1 matches

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Bravehert: The truth anent William Wallace (pairt 2), (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
rms aff a boxer juist afore a bout.
1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
then history unfolds in this bout. on page 43

1 matches

Edinburgh

Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
s separately the now and tell bout their big fuckin barney after
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Wee Roge Boobs, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
you the same student, efter a bout o’ “Rogerisms”, describ
1 matches

General Central

Sprott, Gavin Lallans 73 - Cain, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
That he kent aa 'bout yokin on page 73

1 matches

Curt_Kenobi Mates, (archiveofourown.org 2016) Central, prose
deen Uni fir a spell. Thinkin bout ma past jist makes us think a
1 matches

@jax6754 tweeted
roft Got an idea fir you! How bout doin a makeover wi person wi (2015)
@GethincJones Sorry tae hear bout yir journey hame! Enjoy the r(2015)
now any chance you're thinkin bout bringing #TheSalon back tae o(2015)
cotland Edin office enquiring bout volunteering, and now lunch i(2015)
t you were heiding tae sleeps bout 20mins ago Coach? Be in touch(2016)
and 1 other occurrences.

South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)

BardOfMilebush To A Merican Food, (Reddit 2017) Ulster, poetry
all I thought I'd never say 'Bout livin' in the 'hood The worst
1 matches

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