Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'but-'

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Use in varieties of Scots

but-	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	0.6	2	1
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
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	1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders)
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 but- 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

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
lan pulse o thir reid alairm. But-the yole-pulls clear!skewan - on page 25

1 matches

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
n inland pareesh harleen-clad but-an-ben. on page 25

1 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Dodie's Phenomenal Pheesic, (Shetland For Wirds 2008) Shetland, weans
On his wye back tae da but-end, Dodie saa a bottle o GIN
Back i da but-end, Dodie pat da muckle pan a
2 matches

Mid Northern A

Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
The hoosie wiz a wee bit ‘but-na-ben’ and the yard wiz ful
1 matches

General Northern

Robertson, W. F. Tales Fae The Doric Side - Fit Een's Ken?, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
Their hoose, a thackit but-an-ben, on page 47

1 matches

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
tock: Betty haes tint hir wee but-an-ben, whaur she dwallt for f on page 141

1 matches

Glasgow

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
amiliar wi the word "purvey". But-and ah cannae stress this enou on page 17

1 matches

General Central

Robertson, James Precious and the Puggies, (Itchy Coo 2011 ISBN: 978-1845023324) Central, weans
awfie guid at sclimmin trees, but-in her dreams she wis. It wis on page 66

1 matches