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The word 'beets'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
beetsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus15.34921
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 52.3 16 6
MNB - Mid Northern B 262.1 2 2
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 59.3 5 2
DOR - General Northern 101.9 23 9
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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 beets 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

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
t last ye're up - get on yer beets An ging an feed the nowt" He on page 15

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
is pullin oan a pair o wirkin beets, "bit ere's a richt fooshtie on page 69

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
high heels, trainers, hivvy beets an business men's shiny sheen on page 43
enim sark an ma cowboy hat an beets...an mebbe yon aul leather ja on page 56
fite, diamond-studdit cowboy beets. "Folk say Ah'm as like Dolly on page 58
tin te the soles o his cowboy beets - fit a bloody fiasco ess wi on page 61
a cam in aye weerin her ridin beets an jodhpurs an whuffin o hors on page 75

5 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
t a time wi her lang-buttoned beets. Cottar bairns micht gyang ba
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
She had muckle beets upon her feet
1 matches

Gauld, Ilene Ilene Gauld - Piper and Poet, (Doric Future 2020) Doric - Keith, weans
Ma Beets.
Fin am pitten on ma beets.
2 matches

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
se, first takin aff her dubby beets and pittin on her slippers at
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
eet tae settle them intae the beets then walked up and doon. They
1 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
@sunscreem Beets?(2019)
Got masell a pair o beets fir gaain oot wi the dug. Aff(2021)

Mid Northern B

Dunnett, Nathan The Auld Asylum, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
up some warm claes, pit on ma beets and made sure a hid a sleepin
1 matches

Bowie, Tyler Stookie, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
urie fir ma heid. I pit on ma beets and tied up ma pints.
1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 77 - Anither Time, Anither Place, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
d aroon aneth the bed for his beets. His haans were that caal he on page 29

2 matches

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
his memory o poor parish beets. on page 9

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 79 - The Tattiebogle, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
dle. On its feet were tackety beets wi sprags haimmered intae the on page 13

2 matches

General Northern

Leslie, Deborah Tales Fae The Doric Side - Mabel, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
Thud. Thud. Thud. Granda's beets on the stair. on page 93
weet. Ma trainers an Granda's beets squeak, squeak, squeak as wi on page 96

2 matches

Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - The mornin o the waddin, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
a game o nae rules rugby, aa beets an elbas, makkin ma want tae on page 98

1 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
lin his caravan fu o shoes an beets o a Singularly Superior Quali on page 118

1 matches

Wheeler, Leslie Brockit, the Ferm Toon Cat, (Grampian Regional Council 2000) Doric, weans
ns an aa, an spleet new fitba beets! Billy wis fair bumbazed!
1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
rst stop wis tae buy a pair o beets, en twa pair o sheen. In anit
1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
f wis inspectin players fitba beets (The twa
rts oot." I hiv left my fitba beets at hame, I'll jist play in my
ttit took a hand." Fit size o beets div you need? The
e back wi a auld pair o fitba beets. "You can
Fittit his beets back, bit the lad said." They
6 matches

Bundy Broch The Doric Min, (YouTube 2020) Doric - Brouch, poetry
imorn, weet feet n nae waldy beets
1 matches

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
christen ‘em wi thaur dubbie beets? #RitesOPassageKen(2020)
@hairyollies noo loon, furry beets Ye fae disnae quite cut the s(2015)
immin Simmy, gaen tae pul yer beets oan again mannie? Thon Dandie(2015)
ouldnae lace @weeGordieStrach beets, thon wee bugger wiz a wizard(2015)

@cligeey tweeted
a dother or a lad that sorted beets?(2020)
ye hid ti ca the dubs aff yer beets ti enter the kirk https://t.c(2020)

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
es e buggy wiz gettin its new beets fitted I spint ma savin's aht(2020)
@DoricPhrases new darg beets delivery e day. Ah'll be waak(2020)
sure they've iye got tackety beets an a.(2019)
@FaeFoggie Get aht beets aff e table min. Bad luck. ??(2020)

Dundee

@d_anderson878 tweeted
ember breeks an thinkin aboot beets an aw! https://t.co/s1QFDnFqg(2020)

General Central

@gordimhor1 tweeted
ceSport Are ye using tacketie beets tae tak a telly tae bits(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
bbage, kale, carrots, ingins, beets, on page 77

1 matches

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