A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

bu Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.7 2 3 39.7 5.8 10.3 0
Number of occurrences124 2 4 1 1 0
Number of authors10 4 2 2 1 1

Occurrences of bu in Corpus

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Central

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
h asked Granny Helen fur some bu'er oan ma toast, and ah could on page 7

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Yes Nae Mair, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Bellshill, blog
c badges, the yins that said "Bu Choir". That didnae mean "Yes
1 matches

@Cobradile94 tweeted
juist uisin Scottish English, bu(2019) search twitter

@annieones tweeted
@Lenniesaurus Wae lashins ae bu'er... (2021) twitter link

Doric

@sovereigndaisy tweeted
Indy. Love my English family bu(2021) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
Mussels n canopies taken o'er bu(2018) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
"I think hid's Jeemie o the Bu - or that lad that wirks at on page 9
Then Willick o the Bu cam by and he nailed Pete bi on page 50
the hoween match dance at the Bu. i wis stood wi the lads in a on page 66

3 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Via, Fea, Bu, Woo, Ha, Pow, How? on page 11

1 matches

Shetland

Watt, Roseanne Moder Dy, (Polygon 2019 ISBN: 978-1846974878) Shetland, poetry
ttir dat wance granted dee dy bu o lift on page 28

1 matches

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
’ll bei ae gey queer leukin Bu---r.” Ay, at wis Yid Scott
1 matches

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