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The word 'bud'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
budOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus10.93517
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 31 7 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 25.6 10 4
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 17.4 13 6
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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 bud 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.

General Northern

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
n the wardle nor gin ye war a bud!" on page 28

1 matches

@beast_afc tweeted
labedBoots @AFCHereWeGo Never bud iwise tenants or Miller(2020)

@daleser23 tweeted
@1990_Scotty nae so good bud. U have an off day? I had a 7(2013)
@1990_Scotty its arite bud, got the bonjela on noo. Afa (2013)
@CallumC19 nah bud hina listened tae any since i(2013)
@maracelt aye a win is a win bud(2013)
@maracelt yous win the day bud?(2013)

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
"Two boattles ae Bud" ah answer. on page 172

2 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 59 - In Dispraise o Eden, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
An freest-bricht bud were joys unkent; on page 91

1 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
ydfc She wouldnae pass an MOT bud.(2020)
@1Mikeydfc What are yi liking bud ?(2020)
@almcg4 Think he does bud, he just Cannae say it, and i(2020)
rahamMaloney8 Only way tae be bud ??(2020)
@MaidenWatford Too saft bud ?????(2020)
and 1 other occurrences.

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@SeanCampbell_67 cheers bud fir that - am due u a pint l (2020) twitter link

West Central

Clark, Thomas A Scots Pairlament?, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Bellshill, blog
t's nip the hale thing in the bud bi daein awa wi the Gaelic. A
1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
McDade’s openin a boatle ay Bud Ice wae his teeth that he gie
1 matches

Ayrshire

Wilson, Rab Lallans 85 - Roads, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, poetry
An each bush held the bud o Simmer, on page 10

1 matches

General Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
prince beheld the first braw bud, an jaloused that a wondrous on page 31

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 59 - In Dispraise o Eden, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
An freest-bricht bud were joys unkent; on page 91

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
An freest-bricht bud war joys unkent; on page 53

1 matches

MacKenzie, Douglas Eemis Stane 1 - Puir Finch, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, poetry
That like a bud new heezed in leaf on page 13

1 matches

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
@ThomasM08749768 A read it bud im at court because i called (2020)
go get seen it's better safe bud, people die with less.(2020)
yenangus 1 is oan ma timeline bud but no sign of the other 2(2020)
@webcomradio Cheers bud no heard that one fer a awhil(2020)

@ClashCityClarky tweeted
@ChrisMcQueer_ Nice yin, bud.(2018)
@ciaranxyz Cheers, bud - great tae see this!(2019)
usticetw Hope you're alright, bud!(2020)
@MaisieWrites Nae bother, bud! ??(2019)

@bigandymccoll tweeted
or dissent tae nip it in the bud. (2022) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

@StuartPoet tweeted
tt16 Vote in fir ye yonks ago bud (2020) twitter link