A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'bu'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
buOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.71210
ORK - Orkney 39.7 4 2
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 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 bu in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
"I think hid's Jeemie o the Bu - or that lad that wirks at on page 9
Then Willick o the Bu cam by and he nailed Pete bi on page 50
the hoween match dance at the Bu. i wis stood wi the lads in a on page 66

3 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Via, Fea, Bu, Woo, Ha, Pow, How? on page 11

1 matches

Shetland

Watt, Roseanne Moder Dy, (Polygon 2019 ISBN: 978-1846974878) Shetland, poetry
ttir dat wance granted dee dy bu o lift on page 28

1 matches

General Northern

@sovereigndaisy tweeted
Indy. Love my English family bu(2021)

@fittiecrooners tweeted
Mussels n canopies taken o'er bu(2018)

West Central

Clark, Thomas Yes Nae Mair, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Bellshill, blog
c badges, the yins that said "Bu Choir". That didnae mean "Yes
1 matches

@annieones tweeted
@Lenniesaurus Wae lashins ae bu'er... (2021) twitter link

Glasgow

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
h asked Granny Helen fur some bu'er oan ma toast, and ah could on page 7

1 matches

General Central

@Cobradile94 tweeted
juist uisin Scottish English, bu(2019)

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
’ll bei ae gey queer leukin Bu---r.” Ay, at wis Yid Scott
1 matches

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