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Use in varieties of Scots

bully Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.8 7.7 9 29.8 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences2515 6 3 1 0 0
Number of authors17 10 5 1 1

Occurrences of bully 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

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
egular occasions. No a fuckin bully but - hate they cunts. on page 6
'A hate fuckin bully bastards: on page 29

2 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
Mark, efteraw, wis the local bully. And the sortae cunt who prey on page 198

1 matches

Waddell, John Lallans 59 - Eve and the Aipple, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
the Laird. Ach, He wis a rale bully. It wis, "Ye maun dae this!" on page 89

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
n see if anybody wis tae ever bully her or say anythin nasty then on page 76

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ooked like nought mair than a bully. The only consolation that wo on page 85

1 matches

Waddell, John Lallans 59 - Eve and the Aipple, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
the Laird. Ach, He wis a rale bully. It wis, "Ye maun dae this!" on page 89

1 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Lallans 68 - Barlinnie Gradyooits, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
ma da. Widdy a think ae wit. Bully Boy Micoy ee' s in thi paipur on page 41

1 matches

@MartinBroon tweeted
in it a twofur fur the famous Bully Wee??.The (2019) search twitter
am in Scotlanddddd,The Famous Bully Weeeeeeee”???????????? https(2019) search twitter

@billykayscot tweeted
“Gurzies” wis whit the big bully boays yelled when they kicked(2020) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
some feel the need tae shun, bully an ostracise thum?(2020) search twitter

@DABArbuckle tweeted
as4Moray Dougie the schoolboy bully couldnae tie Ms Sturgeon's la(2020) search twitter
Ah wee Dougie, the schoolboy bully wha only managed tae bully la(2020) search twitter

Doric

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Tae say that Jake wis a bully wis pittin it mildly. He rule
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
it his granda Sangster wis: a bully, a drooth, an orral – bit a
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Bulletbroo, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
Redress wiz a bully o the worst kine, but Douglas
fit aa the recruits caad the bully bastard.
2 matches

@sovereigndaisy tweeted
by yer cousin nae the school bully ????(2019) search twitter

@JamesAmcvean tweeted
ourse it is! Dinna let anyone bully you over voting. Your choice (2021) twitter link

Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
an-time resident o the former bully on page 7

3 matches

Shetland

Sinclair, Lise Juist laek Maunna, (Shetland For Wirds 2010) Shetland, poetry
erdly laek ta pit a fit on da bully-steens
1 matches

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