A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

bums Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.7 3 0 19.9 0 0 3.9
Number of occurrences96 0 2 0 0 1
Number of authors9 6 2 1

Occurrences of bums in Corpus

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Central

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
en I met him years later at a Bums Supper I wis speakin at in Gl on page 14

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McLeish, Alistair Lallans 102 - Eco Cheil, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, poetry
'My grass is Green,' he bums on page 41

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Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
ey, and the tither chiel jist bums back at ye, ye suddenly find, on page 41

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Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
o thae snakes and flung their bums oot the windae. This fair rip on page 2

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Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - Bellin the Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Ormiston, prose
ud wi his cígarette lichter, bums it on the drookit sofae, his
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@raiphsays tweeted
@Ianblackford_MP His bums oot the windae, Ian!(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
appears - "Get aff yer idle bums! on page 65

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Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
And plenty bums hiv warmed it too on page 44

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Ulster

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
Fur thair's bums an blows that rins aboot like on page 12

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