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Use in varieties of Scots

bellies Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.6 7.7 6 0 0 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences2115 4 0 0 1 1
Number of authors17 11 4 1 1

Occurrences of bellies in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
n frozen. The hot wine in our bellies is keepin us warm. The cold n on page 16

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Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
ignorin rummlin, hauf-tuim bellies..... on page 77

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
d a volley o shot intae their bellies, that cowpt mair an mair o th on page 37
-a-dizzen horses lay wi their bellies slashed an their swallt pudde on page 53

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
eir lugs in the sides o their bellies. Yer dochter Vanessa, tae jud on page 2

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
an awfie toom feelin in their bellies. on page 6

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Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
or tongues and spairks in oor bellies and warlockry in the nebs o o on page 10

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
That waldit in the bellies o the bylers o the day. on page 65

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
Wir bellies is tinkin wir trotts haes bö on page 35

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Sprott, Gavin Lallans 68 - Gairdens, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
kie willie on their backs and bellies. on page 98

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Fitt, Matthew Whuppity Stoorie, (Scots Hoose 2017) Central, weans
e nae siller for food for oor bellies and nae claes tae pit on oor
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Clark, Sara Indyref 2: Aulder, Wiser, Kinder, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
ench o grief in the pit o oor bellies that left us depleted o aw jo
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Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
hey hid jeely pieces fur thur bellies An’ maist e’ thum wis wea
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@kennethbryce184 tweeted
in xtra time wae fire in eer bellies lads n b oan tae ees awe (2020) twitter link

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 77 - Anither Time, Anither Place, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
tae yer soup, let it warm yer bellies, bit, mark ye, 'Your fathers on page 30

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Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
ither dram Keeps oot the caul Bellies full on page 15

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
aet wir picnic an lie on wir bellies, savourin the sharp tang o th on page 21

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Strachan, Shane Beyond the Sea, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Doric, prose
g it back up oot their swallt bellies. Seen enough, they’ve aa ta
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Southern

@cammyrudkin tweeted
bson46 nae wunder eve got ten bellies(2012) search twitter

Ulster

King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
lly Goats Gruff brig on their bellies.
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