A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'dus'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
dusOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.5245
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 139.5 24 5
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
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
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 dus in Corpus

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Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
Da king dat dus richt wi his fock an richt wi on page 24
Wha-ivir dus an wants whit's richt. on page 31
so far dus he shift wir ills. on page 43
ta dem dat dus whit's richt. on page 44
no catched a thing. Whit wye dus du imagin der's fish ta be ca on page 87
Also on pages 91, 101, 109, 117, 161, 169
12 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
gh Head, but what does du do? Dus lyin swabbin troo da bed wi E on page 19

1 matches

Nicholson, James Lallans 58 - Do whit du’s telt, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
stair tae spik tae his mam an dus du ken whit he said? on page 17

1 matches

Laurenson, Hannah Lisa Da Maa's Eggs, (Hands Up For Trad 2019) Shetland, prose
ateful tae your midder is she dus alok for wis.”
am. Tinking about her mam wha dus aathing for both her and Rasm
2 matches

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
eck this is such a thing? Yes dus a bonnie lass but why do folk (2018) twitter link
s plenty tae see here aboots. Dus no needin tae go far awa. Hea (2018) twitter link
Greer Awww I missed it. Blyde dus got good friends aboot de x (2019) twitter link
@FNDungeonMom Dus most welcome x (2020) twitter link
@rob_pearson86 Dus most welcome! (2018) twitter link
and 3 other occurrences.

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