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The word 'bovril'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
bovrilOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.3116
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 12.2 5 1
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 1
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
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 bovril in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

@FaeFoggie tweeted
i main stand wi a het pie and bovril. Hink it wis aginst Dundee. Y(2019)

General Northern

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
are fecht in the cheap seats! Bovril f’er yer mitt and a het waat(2018)

(South) East Central

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
y mair - same goes wae pie n bovril - folk said alot worse than (2021) twitter link
wee while afore u get a pie n bovril m8 - a kin suggest the scrum (2021) twitter link
s a cannae comment on pie and bovril aboot the juniors due to a li (2020) twitter link
o is tynierose on the pie and bovril site? i have received a lifet (2020) twitter link
whaes awe the nonces oan pie/bovril thats slaggin me aff? get eer (2021) twitter link

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
t. Fae time tae time she made Bovril or Ovaltine. It wis lichtsome on page 15

1 matches

General Central

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
pals an' bought a hot pie an' Bovril tae keep theirsel's warm an' on page

2 matches

South East (Borders)

@Woodwinecoolers tweeted
ooooh yeah cannae beat ah wee Bovril ?? (2022) twitter link