A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

bosies Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.6 1 18 0 23.2 0 0
Number of occurrences182 12 0 4 0 0
Number of authors10 2 6 2

Occurrences of bosies in Corpus

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Central

Forde, Iain W D Traivells wi a Cuddie i the Cevennes (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-5-1) Central, prose
ss begoud ti ring in the ying bosies, an the ettil wes gied owre f on page 3

1 matches

@billykayscot tweeted
@d_anderson878 Bosies, Diane!(2020) search twitter

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
ae yer bed. Yer ower auld fur bosies noo. Bosies lead tae ither th
noo. Bosies lead tae ither things wi man
2 matches

Gauld, Ilene Ilene Gauld - Piper and Poet, (Doric Future 2020) Doric - Keith, weans
Granbairns, so I get plinty o bosies.
1 matches

Diansangu, Mae naebdy likes a clype, (Scots Hoose 2021) Doric, poetry
security o a hunner bosies. she’s
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
s an sing tae her, an gie her bosies. An mair nur yon, she likit D
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@d_anderson878 tweeted
Aye! Hunners o bosies. Or cosies in Dundee. https:/(2020) search twitter

@DoricPhrases tweeted
ble an great fun an gies best bosies fin ah’m feeling anxious or (2019) search twitter
Bosies! https://t.co/kOlkw7XMSV(2019) search twitter

@FaeFoggie tweeted
tkins @morlichbck Neist time. Bosies aa roond(2020) search twitter
AiberdeenQuine Massive hugs n bosies Quine(2020) search twitter
nnysc89883981 @gaynorbag4life Bosies ??(2020) search twitter
d being looked after. Virtual bosies fae this loon.(2021) search twitter

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
I widged awa fae der bosies, on page 115

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@tattooedselkie tweeted
I miss bein able tae gie fokk bosies.(2021) search twitter
Aberdeen in general...oh, an bosies an smoorikens. Dey wid also b(2021) search twitter
could geng tae events and hae bosies? I do miss yun.(2021) search twitter

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