A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

bia Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words1.5 2 1.5 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences54 1 0 0 0 0
Number of authors4 3 1

Occurrences of bia in Corpus

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Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
eltit hame lik a bairn nippit bia partan oan the strand. on page 14

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
guages, a fack that wis shown bia haill load o research amang E on page 66
itment, an sittin on yer lane bia stinky fire thru aw the varia on page 107

2 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
wha wis rinnin awa goat jumpt bia bunch o neds, on page 112

1 matches

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
leukit confused. "It'll jist bia clannish street at's gaun te on page 22

1 matches

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