| boays | Corpus occurrences | Central | Doric / Northern | Orkney | Shetland | Southern | Ulster | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Occurences normalised per million words | 34.5 | 56.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Number of occurrences | 112 | 112 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Number of authors | 11 | 11 |
McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
These Guns an Roses boays can fair play, ah'll gie them on page 3
t's. 'Wit's yer names anywey, boays?" on page 10
kly. They're aw fairly muscly boays, well, apart fae wee Paco, an on page 12
The boays are aw clappin fur me when ah on page 15
ae that wee line though, they boays must huv access tae the fines on page 17
Also on pages 18, 23, 24, 25, 26, 31
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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
'Boays .. . the cunt is fuckin menta on page 5
x bottles ae Buck. Nae bother boays, nae bother at aw, he on page 13
slows seein us. 'Fuckin hell, boays ... cunts jumped us... walkin on page 18
'Am fuckin proud ae yooz boays. That wis fuckin MAGIC, by th on page 20
e muckers! YASS, these ir the boays A wis tellin yi aboot, ladies on page 25
Also on pages 30, 33, 43, 57
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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 85 - D.I.Y. Doctor , (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
'We wir jist pleyin an thir boays stertit chippin stanes at uis on page 34
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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 90 - Serendipity, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
reek. ' Whit time is't thair boays?' he spiert o the nearesthaun on page 27
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Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
ae right under the skin. Some boays in schuil've goat these, a fe on page 2
orts, ma da's heard aboot, ay boays toppin thirsels efter treatme on page 3
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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
acroass two rough and tumble boays like us in his line ae work. on page 17
look, comrade. Ah cannae help boays like us are destined tae be t on page 19
but ah couldnae help but hink boays like me aw live in oor very a on page 24
hat hus promised sae much tae boays like me but gave us sae littl on page 25
ae an abrupt end. You've goat boays rockin back and forth oan yin on page 27
Also on pages 30, 33, 34, 36, 40, 42, 43, 58, 61, 86, 87, 96, 98, 101, 102, 106, 110, 123, 144, 161, 182, 190, 192, 198
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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
he ticket wig foond. 'Ye see, boays,' he had said, 'as soon as ma on page 30
hocolate works! Here we gang, boays! Up and oot!' on page 164
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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 73 - Waashin Day Weirriors, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
A vyce raired frae ahent the boays. Thai didnae stey tae speir w on page 68
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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Flittin In, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
‘Widnae sey no onywey boays.’ He’d a vyce the maik o
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Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
e o yer bedroom windae. I ken boays an lassies that kept their sc
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Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
e toilet. He sais some ay the boays ur jumpin oot at the Gorbals
head tae ask wan ay the other boays where he goat his trainies fa
2 matches
Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
that boozin. Ur yies hungry, boays? Get yer claes oan Daniel an
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Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
That a wee bit ay ching yous boays ur intae there, eh?’ the lo
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Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
a blow oot. Underrated, they boays. Their keyboardist died durin
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McKillop, Roger The Builders, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
oot in that Barney?” “The boays hae got tae hae their Fitba,
1 matches
Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
they’ll dae a turn fur the boays. You kin huv the other wan.
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Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
t lad. He played fur the same boays club as oor John an used tae
Ah get the door open an the boays help me up the stair, walkin
2 matches
Bennett, Peter Arabian Monkfish (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
aw oot, man. Kept you an the boays awright fur it though, eh? Gr
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Kay, Billy Time for Reflection, (archive2021.parliament.scot 2022) Central, government
rners in Dundee, dour teenage boays wha gaed tae the tap o the cl
1 matches
Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
‘’So, what’s this boays name again?’’ ah interrog
1 matches
Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
wid much rather face doon ten boays tooled up and ready tae go th
1 matches
Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
ve fired up his pair ae bad boays and diced thum up. Ah prepare
1 matches
Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
a vampire fae the fuckin lost boays.
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@billykayscot tweeted
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in the book yell hear that boays fae Derval an Newmilns played(2020) search twitter
ee Aye the Nyumulls an Derval boays wis aye jealous o Gawstons (2020) search twitter