Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'buzz'

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Use in varieties of Scots

buzz	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	7.7	25	20
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)	35.2	1	1
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	8.9	2	1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	5.1	2	2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee	10.6	1	1
EDN - Edinburgh	12.5	2	2
GLA - Glasgow	27.3	6	4
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	8	6	5
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	42.2	3	2
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of buzz in Corpus

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North Northern B (Caithness)

@JamesAmcvean tweeted
@SbBarclay Geez ye a buzz eh? (2021) twitter link

Mid Northern A

Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Furst Time, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
wiznae the money; it wiz the buzz we wir eftir. So we took the
1 matches

General Northern

@glenlivetloon tweeted
t on here so gan ti see fit i buzz is aa aboot.... #scots #Rebel(2020)
tak it its on iPlayer? Lots o buzz on here aboot it.(2020)

(South) East Central

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
We buzz in the windae. The wives mak
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
an97 tbh it disnae gee me the buzz that amateur fitbaw does - b (2020) twitter link

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
nse an it wisnae lang afore a buzz wis gaun aroun the crowd that on page 103

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Edinburgh

Burnett, Mikey nobody remembers the birdman - It's Ladle, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
crackle that wis geein me the buzz. It wis also the fact that he on page 36

1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
face lik that? He ignoret the buzz o offert rationales. There wi
1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
ctober. This week is a fuckin buzz cos yi huv Halloween and Guy on page 5

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Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
resh, me wi the superstitious buzz ay havin purchased jewellery, on page 3

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McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
t. He wis only tryin ae huv a buzz wi his daft wee nephew. Ahm n on page 75

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Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
c jungle sounds messin wae ma buzz afore Breaking into Heaven ki
1 matches

General Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
The wappie's lood buzz an on page 22

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ay, and the window opens wi a buzz. on page 34

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Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
buzz tellt sniff he wus gonnie gie on page 34

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Ewen, Allan Pairt Ane: Janus leuks back, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
t Edinburgh the nixt day, the buzz aroond the National Collectiv
stranger. The pre-referendum buzz an excitement haes been repla
2 matches

@LairnScots tweeted
e.g.' Ah've got a pure heavy buzz' :-) (2019) twitter link

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
ud bei their ettled flichter (buzz )
1 matches

General Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne A Furst Readin Book in Ulster Scots, (Evertype 2011) Ulster, weans
w intae the wudds. It sed, “Buzz , buzz.’ The goat sed,
, buzz .’ The goat sed,
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@OrangRuth tweeted
to be in Tipp every summer a buzz... I'm good at politics, I'm (2020)