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Use in varieties of Scots

bo Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.1 7.1 7.5 0 0 0 17.7
Number of occurrences2314 5 0 0 0 4
Number of authors17 13 2 2

Occurrences of bo in Corpus

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Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
erfume an joost a wee hint ae BO. It's been warm the day thoug on page 5

1 matches

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
lloween whan I gaed as Little Bo Peep an David wis ma lammie?' on page 25

1 matches

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
in sayin bo tae awbody's blanket on page 29

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
Smellerman might be mingin a BO but ah don't think he deserve on page 169

1 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
oot. 'He should hae said, "Ho-bo!" again. Mibbe I'd better say on page 47

1 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
turf wa, Fae Bridgeness near Bo'ness, Tae aul Kilpatrick near on page 5

1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 67 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
liftit nowt throu Bealach-nam-Bo ('slock o the kye'). A bit hi on page 65

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
at maks uiss o the Earse Tain Bo Cuailgne, the Brettonic Y God on page 110

1 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Cantsmell, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2020) Central, prose
. Cantsmell might be mingin a BO but ah don’t think he deser
1 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
4 Grangemooth, right next tae Bo’Shunky ??(2020) search twitter

@jax6754 tweeted
@ChrisClynes Sadly Im bo fitness expert! Whit a dae is(2015) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
The General Lee belonged tae Bo an Luke Duke. An it wis orang(2020) search twitter

@LairnScots tweeted
nt at The Hippodrome Theatre, Bo'ness: https://t.co/rp1YZfBuzg (2019) twitter link
s at The Hippodrome Cinema in Bo'ness, featurin a screenin o ' (2019) twitter link

Doric

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Little Bo Peep lost her sheep on page 74
Git awa, Bo on page 176
Git awa, Bo on page 202

4 matches

@fittiecrooners tweeted
pe in his younger days in the bo(2018) search twitter

Ulster

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
The busy bo'dies hae foun' oot on page 32
rs tae the place whir yae wir bo'm, on page 42

2 matches

Ullans Speakers Association Nursery Rhymes for Weans, (Ulster-Scots Agency 2008 ISBN: 978-0955791697) Ulster, weans
Wee Bo Peep on page 7

2 matches

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