A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'burgh'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
burghOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.22417
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 13.3 3 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.3 4 4
WCE - West Central 13.3 3 3
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 10 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire 21.4 2 1
LAL - General Central 9.2 7 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)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards) 107.1 3 2
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of burgh 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

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
udge, an led screamin tae the burgh jile, his final statement hun on page 118

1 matches

@sovereigndaisy tweeted
ng up Rhu, loves Glesga & the Burgh! Time will tell, helped by po(2021)

@AMaxwell54 tweeted
fowlk spik i Doric doon in i Burgh, so ah'm a bittie oot a pract (2018) twitter link

(South) East Central

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
burgh, Hughie
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
be a kenspekkil feigur i the burgh. Sae Mirren flied as the corb
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 115, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
ny o Ridin the Mairches o the burgh. This particular time they wa
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
its either a trip doon the burgh or a wee jolly along tae lass (2020) twitter link

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Subliminal score fir burgh ongauns. on page 86

1 matches

Hardie, George Lallans 76 - Tammy an the Cheese Plant, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
she gaes moanin ti the burgh bugle, itherwise Rab’s wife
1 matches

Clark, Thomas Till Houletgless an the Soond o Money, (The Scores 2018) Central, prose
yne burnt aw his brigs in the burgh, an wi naewhaur ense tae gan,
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Intae the Snaw, (Gatehouse Press 2015 ISBN: 978-0992857370) Central, poetry
The burgh an broch, the brae an loch; t on page 32

1 matches

Bolland, John Lallans 71 - Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in progress, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
e o sight o ony camera in the burgh withoot a pressin reason. Pro
1 matches

Ayrshire

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
e ma faither an sister in the Burgh Baund playin A Man's a Man fo on page 18
lowped ilka door post in the burgh. The best anes are doon by th on page 22

2 matches

General Central

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 104 - Whaur Div Ye Belang Tae?, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, prose
rows wis pit thegither bi the burgh an shire cooncils for the ett on page 40
hauncery in Embra, or tae the burgh or shirra coort, that declare on page 51
rs held amang shirra coort an burgh coort papers, tho maist o tha on page 52

4 matches

Sprott, Gavin Lallans 73 - Monument, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
d 1 o England at the shore by Burgh on Sands, on page 101

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 56 - Cauld Kail Fae Embro, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
e wes founit an ane-twa o the burgh cooncils, sic as Newton, Blat on page 121

1 matches

Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
wi fowk in the paroch or the burgh cooncil. Scuilmaisters wis ap
1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
Burgh Cooncil o tha Airds, Newton a on page 25
Burgh Cooncil o tha Airds, Newton a on page 27

2 matches

Cromie, Willie Doon tha Wal Raa, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2024 ISBN: 978-1739905620) Ulster - Ballywalter, prose
Burgh Cooncil o Newton Blaithwick a
1 matches

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