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Use in varieties of Scots

hoy Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.1 5 3 89.4 23.2 20.7 0
Number of occurrences2710 2 9 4 2 0
Number of authors14 5 2 4 1 2

Occurrences of hoy 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

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
hoy yer drink aroon this city, on page 27
hoy covers aff when guests are ke on page 39
Ah'll smoor it in shampoo an hoy it in watter. on page 66

3 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
musician of the year, Kirsty Hoy everyone." on page 3

1 matches

Allan, Alasdair Lallans 102 - Defenestration, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
lock grab him bi the ankle an hoy him up ontae the windae ledge on page 89

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
. She had a sudden norrie tae hoy the stane straicht at the fig on page 6
," Violet telt him. "We could hoy them oot the windae and try a on page 130

2 matches

McClure, Derrick J. , (no publisher recorded 2017) Central, poetry
Hoy, Fireflaucht! Hoy, Freya! Hoy, Thunner an Levin!
1 matches

Doric

@d_anderson878 tweeted
Hoy! https://t.co/DCDndBfJ0q(2020) search twitter

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
ies, tak a SUPPIE sulphurick, hoy in a PICKIE copper sulphate p (2020) twitter link

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
We tossed and dived alongside Hoy and I saa the great 'Owld Man on page 21
er and you'll see the hills o Hoy. on page 37
tray and the high Ward Hill o Hoy on page 48
er when we meed that trip tae Hoy? on page 63

5 matches

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Lupins, corbies, the hills o Hoy - on page 26

1 matches

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Sunrays abune the Hoy hills on page 18

1 matches

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
the Hoy hills so near I could almost on page 26
power o the sea, the hills o Hoy darkening on page 27

2 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
Seeven heevens o a Hoy moarnin on page 27
shooer darkens da shooders o Hoy. on page 28

4 matches

Southern

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
lease tell me afore an Ah’l hoy on oot
1 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
aiblins no the best wird tae hoy aboot thir days! Howp yer caa(2020) search twitter

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