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The word 'buther'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
butherOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.6125
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 2
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 32.7 10 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
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 buther in Corpus

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Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
a whole ither world o Man-buther hertache. on page 25

1 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
hiv tae be ferly quiet an no buther the mare. Chon'il haad thee u on page 70

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
a bit. En she wid fyre up nay buther. We aa this weer an teer ower on page 20
mally ye tend tae get a bit a buther a sum kcyn. Oor buther weis e on page 30
, fyle tellen em, "O, aye nay buther ata Jock," so aat aw said an on page 31
maw's we widna hay neen o eis buther, a sippoase at's fit yea caa on page 32
t?" So Raachil say's "Aye nae buther, he wid dee oneythein fur one on page 60
Also on pages 65
7 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
cries oot tae ye, "Awa an nae buther ma, e sneck's on e door for e on page 99

1 matches

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
@DavieDonaldson Aye nae buther. They got tae hear Jeannie Ro (2020) twitter link
Ally @DavieDonaldson Aye, nae buther. I could email them. (2020) twitter link

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