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The word 'buses'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
busesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus14.44630
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 1
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
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 13.3 3 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 20.5 8 6
WCE - West Central 18.4 4 3
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 10.9 2 1
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 21.4 16 10
SEA - South East (Borders) 25 2 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 55.6 4 2
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 buses in Corpus

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Orkney

Orkney Voices Group Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Luk oot for the buses an Streamline's vans an touri on page 137
Squeese past the buses an the parked caers an bear r on page 138

2 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
cars at is noo, an onnly twa buses tae da toon i da week, an of on page 14

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Johnston, Mary Lallans 81 - A Day at Edinbro Feestival, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric, prose
we gid til e Royal Mile. Nae buses nor cars wun up an doon durin
1 matches

General Northern

Gray, Kathleen Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Ootlin, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
grandad wis a clippie on the buses in Glasgow until they wir rep on page 57

1 matches

@beast_afc tweeted
Fook kens foo a got ere. Any buses gang down tae the match from (2020)

@fittiecrooners tweeted
dered if I can rent een o yer buses fer a pensioners day oot roon(2017)

(South) East Central

Moodie, Gordon D. Lallans 90 - Snoke Iz A Pithie Warlock, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
iz the honk o diesel frae the buses wiz daein ma heid in. At the on page 78

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
dinna ken, he'd nae caur, the buses dinna pass that wey ony mair, on page 76

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
t numbers fur the supporter's buses. Fur oor big trip oor tae fac on page 96
n nae time. Three supporter's buses left fae the Carousel at aroo on page 101

3 matches

Forrest, Liam Hittin the Toon, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
or it could be fae the muckle buses kent as the doormen. It probl
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
as happy as ornary buses.
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
we speak the cars n trains n buses r pourin intae edinburgh - t (2020) twitter link

West Central

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
Buses, Polis, or Business Rates, (B on page 211

2 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
dead loud, the motors an the buses an aw that. Fur a minute ah e on page 21

1 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Mumbo Jumbo, (Litro magazine 2006) Central, prose
dead loud, the motors an the buses an aw that. Fur a minute ah e
1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
buses, eavesdrapin on grannies. on page 38

1 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
the array ae shoaps. Cars and buses are zoomin past and makin a d
1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
fae it an the windaes ay the buses lined up at the traffic light
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
w waitin fur their respective buses, but ur noo pishin themsels l
1 matches

Ayrshire

Wilson, Rab Lallans 76 - The Sycamore at Calton, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, poetry
top rid dooble-decker Western buses,
1 matches

General Central

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
* Thae buses are aye late, except when ye' on page 28
* The buses are running late. on page 32

4 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
The buses gaed tae magic airts, on page 70

3 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 82 - Nae Guid Ettle, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
He kent at laest twa buses had been an gaen frae he'd la on page 18

1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Three days in October, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
s we war telt aboot trains an buses ower fou up tae cairy aw them
1 matches

MacMinto, Gregor The Rhythms of Bratislava, (wordpress 2022) Central, blog
entral-European skoosh-caurs, buses an trowlybuses, public servic
1 matches

@jax6754 tweeted
hen Im oot just because nicht buses are very messy! X(2015)
@some_beans Stick tae the buses, their quicker tae! X(2015)

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
own and I amna sure there are buses that dinna mak it mair comple(2020)

@billykayscot tweeted
mind o gaun Mystery Tours on buses? At ma grannies in Bowhill in(2020)

@rattlecans tweeted
cleaners who spend an hour on buses (incubation tubes on wheels) (2022) twitter link

@LairnScots tweeted
ere grannies gettin flung aff buses, Katie Bairdie's ferm animals (2019) twitter link

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
dreivin yin o the S.M.T’s. buses i Hawick. The hoose just ahin
re frei schuil milk an schuil buses n’.
2 matches

South West (Galloway)

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - No In-gleesh, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
me an again this trip is that buses in this neck o’ the woods r
1 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Where Dae Ye Catch the Bus Tae Sarajevo?, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
ically peerin in windaes o’ buses gaun here, there and ivrywher
1 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
s fae the yin 'side'. Aw thon buses leain (2020)
aw, Killie. Hated it, aw thon buses leain fir Glesca oan Setterda(2020)

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