Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'buzzin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

buzzin	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	11.5	38	21
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	111.9	1	1
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern	22.2	5	4
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	12.9	5	3
WCE - West Central	8.9	2	1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh	6.2	1	1
GLA - Glasgow	85.4	17	5
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	5.3	4	3
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)	27.9	2	2
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 buzzin 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.

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
mer hovered in the heat haze, buzzin ower buttercups and bluebells on page 44

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Mid Northern B

Riddell, Conor San Diego, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
pping. Fan a got there it wis buzzin . There wis fowk a way. The sh
1 matches

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
e ye stert tae smile, noo yer buzzin on page 137

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
thay queerie noises, buzzin an bleepin, ringin an clatter
1 matches

Devlin, Edwin The School Dentist 1969, (Facebook 2020) Doric, prose
face and ah ah can mine was a buzzin ringin sensation in ma heed a
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@beast_afc tweeted
@AberdeenFC Am buzzin like a bee on Charlie with it(2020)
Shoulda been taps aff. Still buzzin(2020)

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
the wonky table he's suddenly buzzin aboot us meetin his new girlf on page 75

1 matches

Lamb, Darcie T in the Park, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Kirkcaldy, prose
A woke up in the mornin, buzzin , raced doon the stair tae git
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@kennethbryce184 tweeted
is statement btw - am feckin buzzin fir the rose likes - they la (2021) twitter link
e hype fae the big man hud me buzzin - need a say mair lol (2020) twitter link
plot thickens - ffs ma pms r buzzin in noo lol (2020) twitter link

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
s this Wednesday an ah'm pure buzzin. It's half Social Dancin an h on page 33
lm right away, an ah wis pure buzzin fur the rest ae the afternoon on page 169

2 matches

Edinburgh

Purdie, David C. Lallans 59 - Terry Fae Brooklyn, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - Aryshire, prose
been away. Sometimes though, buzzin aboot fae the yaird tae the m on page 136

1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
Danny's fuckin buzzin. A kin see him crackin his kn on page 18
ups merge. Every wan ae us is buzzin. A few ae the elder ~ Young T on page 22
We wander up the lane, buzzin wae the Friday Feelin, a forc on page 23
s a wee entourage ae admirers buzzin around hur, usually the tap m on page 26
ssin the joint between us, aw buzzin aboot our first night wae the on page 31
Also on pages 40, 47, 48
10 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
, bowed flat, makin a droney, buzzin sound, an the flimpy flompy h on page 3

2 matches

Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
The airport was buzzin , everybuddy checkin screens a
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Ah wave them in, buzzin them intae the buildin at the
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ae the ear, like a fuckin fly buzzin aboot in yer heid.
1 matches

Geraghty, Martin A Bad Sport, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
mportant people. Man, am pure buzzin ’ … me ... a member ae the
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Bennett, Peter Wan Goal tae the Good, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
hen we get back an McDade’s buzzin aboot the table, collectin em
1 matches

General Central

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
rkcaldy an' a heid thit'll be buzzin' an' guid fur nothin', foo' o on page

1 matches

Ewen, Allan Pairt Ane: Janus leuks back, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
ferendum. The city centre wis buzzin wi activity frae Yes activist
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@alistairdunn tweeted
buzzin tae get home the night, spag (2013)
buzzin that a don't need tae get up (2013)

South West (Galloway)

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
rs, swimmin fish alang reeds, buzzin draginflea, winterin geese. P on page 52

1 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Where Dae Ye Catch the Bus Tae Sarajevo?, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
Thur’s flees buzzin aboot the bins. We occasional
1 matches