Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'bore'

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Use in varieties of Scots

bore	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	12.7	42	34
ORK - Orkney	9.9	1	1
SHD - Shetland	5.8	1	1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)	35.2	1	1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	32.7	10	6
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen	21	2	2
DOR - General Northern	22.2	5	4
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	4.9	2	2
WCE - West Central	8.9	2	1
DUN - Dundee	10.6	1	1
EDN - Edinburgh	24.8	4	4
GLA - Glasgow	10.2	2	2
AYR - Ayrshire	21.4	2	2
LAL - General Central	9.2	7	7
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)	13.9	1	1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)	32.8	1	1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of bore 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.

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
faithered bairns - wild oats bore fruit - nine within wedlock, on page 77

1 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
an hame, on his back, he bore dem. on page 60

1 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
idna lek till be rude: so she bore id as weel as she could. on page 86

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
, dad, an that'll learn't Tae bore aboot in there on page 15

1 matches

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
t kin be excitin, Bit niver a bore, on page 35

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
andy. "Billy, ma maan, ye cud bore an erse-hole in a widden hors on page 37

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ld, weel, he wis a dreep - a bore wi'oot a backbeen or a person on page 31

1 matches

Thom, Bill The Quait Chiel, (Tapsalteerie 2013 ISBN: 9780992663100) Doric - Banff, poetry
Wis geein him thi bore. on page 27

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Harper, Norman Stronach: A Weekly Look at Life in the Fictional North-East Village, (The Press and Journal 2000) Doric, newspaper
an you lot hiv the nerve tae bore in aboot."
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
m that nicht, an enfauldit an bore her up, an smeethed the hair
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
Bappy Anderson bore the brunt o the toun's rage.
The Skreichmakkers bore a chiel's physog wi the body
liest in thon lan, an it fair bore the sayin oot. Finiver a new
3 matches

Aberdeen

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
that bore aa the hallmarks o points in on page 34

1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 83 - The Umman, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
. A did vreet eence tae say A bore them nae ull wull but stull t
1 matches

General Northern

Clark, F. E. Eemis Stane 1 - Vratched, (Eemis Stane 2022) Doric, prose
an ahm trippet doon yon blaik bore, an A greet to ye-please dinn on page 23

1 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
e kirk gravedigger. The grave bore his name (McChubb havin found on page 118

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
twelve bore shotgun, fired ower their hei
1 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
hotgun, possibly o the twelve bore variety.
1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
or pre match and then gan tae bore him wi tales o the guid auld (2022) twitter link

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
e hates ma guts. But ah'll no bore yae wae the details. Lits jis on page 166

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
We bore the dunts an clours thegither
1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
ering, daurk harbingers which bore, on page 20
Bore the gree that day, his ships on page 98

2 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
A hairy trunk on his back he bore. on page 112

1 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Mikey nobody remembers the birdman - It's Ladle, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
it, in fact. The middle-class bore prefers rugby. But alas, it n on page 35

1 matches

Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
ally identical houses. Ah cid bore ye wi aw the fancy ways Evans
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Taid o that Ilk (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2009) Central, prose
ssied owre the wattir, a derk bore i the bank opposeit, juist ab
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
h Christ’s selfless servant bore martyrdom’s pains,
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Intae the Snaw, (Gatehouse Press 2015 ISBN: 978-0992857370) Central, poetry
The deith-strakes ah've bore tae survive. on page 36

1 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
dges the question. I wouldn't bore you. Ah wonder if she's got k on page 9

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
bairns, an the neist year she bore Edam a fourth son, William. T on page 73

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
herin, daurk harbingers which bore ,
1 matches

General Central

Aitchison, Craig nobody remembers the birdman - Fishin the Mairch, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, poetry
bore, fresh meets saut, river brai on page 1

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
t wis whit, the Rebellion had bore the gree: Jones had been herr on page 6

1 matches

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
uv a wee chaser besides, they bore the kegs auf ye aboot their w on page

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Donovan, Anne Gone are the Leaves, (ISIS 2014 ISBN: 978-1445099262) Central, prose
o the worn-out auld rags they bore in the everyday. I mind my gr on page 3

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Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
hie kings reigned they niver bore a guidman's name on page 67

1 matches

Dornan, Stephen Eemis Stane 1 - Lees an Crams, or Ossian on the Death of Cuchullin, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, poetry
in tha fecht his strang airm bore tha gree: on page 22

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit The Embra Greement, (Scots Language Centre 2012) Central, government
ee, the Scots Government will bore at the answers til
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
as thon hills that lang syne bore them, on page 61

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
tion throu twa pale hans that bore nane o the haal mairks o life on page 29

1 matches