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The word 'bourach'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
bourachOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus11.13716
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern 39.9 9 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 106.2 10 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 10.5 8 8
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)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of bourach in Corpus

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Shetland

Tait, John M Lallans 60 - The Three Hooses, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Shetland, weans
r prizewinnin exhibietion o a bourach o slates that haed faan aff t
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
his wife could widen her wee bourach o freens, an come tae ken the
, an they aa hid merched in a bourach tae the dissectin chaumer an
swan caad Leda. In England a bourach o Javan galactic explorers fa
3 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 85 - The Clash o the Titans, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
untifae hairst o fat wirms; a bourach o spurgies were chirpin roon on page 53

1 matches

General Northern

Shearer, Gillian Tales Fae The Doric Side - Guernica, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
places. Their coupons a richt bourach; heids aa ower the place. A w on page 40
tae fin onything in amon the bourach o dirty plates and cutlery wi on page 42

2 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
vyces. "Haad your tungs, the bourach o ye!" gullert the Teiger-lly on page 27
der vyces heild on ("Fitten a bourach o fowk there maan be in the e on page 39
ony tent o iss, she hed sic a bourach o idder keerious things tae t on page 74
miver, J can manage the haill bourach o thaim! Imparmigination! Aat on page 82
hy interruppit. "There a fair bourach o kittlesome wirds there. 'Br on page 83
Also on pages 95
7 matches

(South) East Central

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
ca'in a trade baith makkin a bourach o Scots pronunciation whan it
wi orthographies that's sicna bourach that folk that richt kens the
2 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
A bourach o wull men on rammish steids
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
esentatives actually dae. The bourach in Argyll ower Castle Toward on page 30
overnance clear eneugh in the bourach o Brexit ~ a narrae majority on page 32
e, like the Edinburgh Schools bourach, flee direckly in the face o on page 36
THE UTTER BOURACH unfoldin at Westminster ower on page 41
ist importantly wi the Brexit bourach loomin, whither it cin ivver on page 52
Also on pages 54, 71, 79, 111
9 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
cotland as we see jist whit a bourach the notion o 'British History on page 10

1 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Traivells wi a Cuddie i the Cevennes (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-5-1) Central, prose
es ti halp in ma graithins, a bourach o innerlie fowk up-heized me on page 1

1 matches

General Central

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
an, as she gaithert hersel, a bourach o thochts an myndins begoud t on page 14

1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
er that tellt lees wad make a bourach o the buiks o the geographer. on page 55

1 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
'Whit a bourach,' seys Loki, lauchin wi glee, on page 14

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 102 - Editorial: Jean Tamson’s Bairns, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
leivin tungue o the unwashed bourach, is aye tae the fore yet and on page 7

1 matches

Armstrong, Kate Lallans 58 - Herman Und Dorothea, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
ae fash, tae the slouth o the bourach on page 43

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 73 - No Faur Frae Babel, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
concrete bourach o a building on page 84

1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s linguistic launscape – Scottish Staunart English and Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
ie, stushie, fantoosh, bairn, bourach, haiver, scunnered, blether,
1 matches

@billykayscot tweeted
a mogre is mair in a mess, a bourach o confusion, raither nor the (2020)

South West (Galloway)

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
an the name fir the bourach o stanes on page 167

1 matches

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