A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

buit Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10.9 11.8 7.5 0 11.6 51.7 0
Number of occurrences3523 5 0 2 5 0
Number of authors16 11 2 2 1

Occurrences of buit in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
t yer dowp feels the tae o my buit!" on page 44

1 matches

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
a hae a mandate tae stick the buit in on page 37

1 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
pit oor nation aneath his irn buit - brak oor spreit, an tak th on page 9
bent tae bind the thong o his buit. on page 14

2 matches

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
wrocht that mony pairs o' sea-buit hose fur ma man that Ah somet on page 7
winder hoo mony pairs o' sea-buit hose Ah've made fur him in aw on page 23

2 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Ticht in a tail, her buit-soles cauldly thin on page 4
An buit tae speak the Inglis leid on page 49
Nor buit tae be ma tairge an staff on page 77

3 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - A Day Weel Spent, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
aither side. A gaed intae the buit o the caur an lifted ma clubs on page 125

2 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
glintin flourish o the ledder buit on page 112

1 matches

Hodgson, Brent Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
150, whan a fusherman hes his buit jaggit bi sik a fush. Manxmen on page 91

2 matches

Fleemin, Sandy A Day Weel Spent, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
aither side. I gaed intae the buit o the caur an lifted my clubs
d them doun again an shut the buit gey canny.
2 matches

Robertson, Colin Lallans 81 - Wildlaw, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
eive a guid life an enjey the buit o’t; it juist means we enje
1 matches

Heather, Alistair Lat the auld witch burn, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
wi a skelp ahint the lug an a buit in the dowp. But as faur’s
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
had tane quate-like oot o his buit. His priority wis findin a hi
it wis haurd. He pu’ed his buit unner the edge o his quilt an
back intae its cavity in his buit. He micht as weill plant the
n, sin he juist kep it in his buit and cudna yaise it onywey -
4 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
iness as fleshers, bakers, an buit an shae makers, as weel as hi
1 matches

Doric

Storrie Lewis, Jean Lallans 58 - The Bothy Loon, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
pits a bittie hay in my richt buit and a bittie strae in my left on page 124

2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
thing orra ye scrapit aff yer buit. on page 51

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
back, fished oot like an auld buit wi the fool bree sprewin ooto
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
atched the tae o the communal buit.
1 matches

Shetland

Mundair, Raman Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Shetland, poetry
buit slips idda djulp on page 10

1 matches

Tait, John M Lallans 58 - Sheltie Prattle an da Blue Lowe (a Pantomime) , (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, prose
an da idder ene ithin a black buit. Shui wis wearin a short kilt on page 35

1 matches

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
r thinkin an thair kulter tae buit: an oo’ve hed eneuch o at n
nt i baith hirsels: an at tae buit, he fermed ana, the neist
it the plaisterin, tae buit. Ay, the laist tyme A wis it
onal Border Lallans Tung, tae buit. Ense the hail o oor auld “
har wur economic rewairds tae buit; wheech wis tae awbodies bene
5 matches

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