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Use in varieties of Scots

buys Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.7 4.1 4.5 0 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences128 3 0 1 0 0
Number of authors11 8 2 1

Occurrences of buys in Corpus

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Central

Niven, Liz Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central, poetry
A lassie buys fae a platter on page 6

1 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 82 - Biggin the Great Nor Road, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
strand tae strand. Whae buys lan, inbrings timber, on page 67

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
The wifie buys so Sharkies lend, on page 121

1 matches

Bolland, John Lallans 71 - Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in progress, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
he signal-processor. Margaret buys dried beans an tinned tomatoe
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Heather, Alistair The Body Snatchers, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
Knox the boy that buys the beef.
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Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - Bellin the Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Ormiston, prose
oud dae wi a lick o paint. He buys bings o paint an brushes an w
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@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
y next Christmas, Santa Never Buys Me A Banjo. Meanwhiles my cun(2020) search twitter

@bigandymccoll tweeted
geon. That's how she rolls - buys off ANY potential criticism o (2022) twitter link

Doric

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Mannie buys ring, wifie flings it awa on page 95
Buys twinty carrots an a ling on page 156

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@fittiecrooners tweeted
Nae happy the day. Jessie buys me a new pair o sheen, wears (2016) search twitter

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
pon her as weel. Du kens shü buys her claes fae da sam fashion on page 11

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