A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

bobs Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.4 2.5 3 0 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences85 2 0 0 1 0
Number of authors6 3 2 1

Occurrences of bobs in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
egither a load o wee bits and bobs that are gey important tae me on page 124
m. Violet looked for bits and bobs she could on page 129

2 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - The Cream Cookie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Midlothian, prose
an shullins. Syne it wis twa bobs, hauf-crouns an ten bob notes on page 58

1 matches

@jax6754 tweeted
@JeffBrazier Guid luck tae Bobs! J your boys will dae you pro(2015) search twitter
teinFoodShop Yum! Prayerfully Bobs feeling better soon. Hugggggg(2015) search twitter

Doric

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
cks! yer bleckthorns! tak yer bobs an posies on pilgrimage to He on page 3

1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Bob the Dog fae the Bog, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
even louder as he could hear Bobs feet comin closer and closer.
1 matches

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
g! I'm still finding bits and bobs of unfinished or scrawled stu(2020) search twitter