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The word 'beuks'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
beuksOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus16.95427
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 13.1 4 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 106.7 9 3
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 12.8 5 2
WCE - West Central 18.4 4 1
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh 18.8 3 2
GLA - Glasgow 16.3 3 3
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 17.4 13 8
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.8 2 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 42.2 3 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of beuks 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.

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
haird pews, thin yarns, gray beuks, an so is a myndeen tae her f on page 33
? Sheu sees the laefs (trees? beuks?) wis hadden by the maesures on page 160

2 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
wechtit doon wi weel-thoomed beuks. on page 69
the fooshtie guff o aul hymn beuks. He closed is een an mynd abo on page 74

2 matches

Hutchison, Pat Mrs Clushet o Faaldydykes, (McStorytellers.com 2018) Doric - Banffshire, prose
t tae his bookshelf o medical beuks an selected yin. Takin it bac
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
i the waas lined wi shelves o beuks. In the middle there wis a bi
1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 77 - Anither Time, Anither Place, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
rm. He ay felt at hame there. Beuks. A man could hae nae better f on page 30

3 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 85 - The Clash o the Titans, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
r o Church History. Papers an beuks galore had poored fae his fer on page 54

1 matches

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
aff o sangs, quotes, poems an beuks that hiv had an influence on on page 12

1 matches

Philp, George Lallans 67 - Thochts anent Sangschaw and Penny Wheep, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Doric, poetry
- an unco sicht - papers an beuks piled aa aroun. on page 138

3 matches

Uri, Antonia Here's the problem wi the trad wife muivement, (The National 2020) Doric, newspaper
ypocritical that them fa sell beuks an tickets for clesses aboot
1 matches

General Northern

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 81 - Pyntin the Been, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
a contentit man, happy wi his beuks an his transistor radio. Ivvr on page 8

1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 63 - A Wird i Yer Lug, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
ma snoot intil a puckle mair beuks es time an cam on plinty that
1 matches

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Bravehert: The truth anent William Wallace (pairt 2), (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
sistance is aye mindit in the beuks o martial history as ‘the f
1 matches

(South) East Central

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
an be left tae folk as writes beuks for lairners.
an pruifreads hale librars o beuks in Scots for ma wabsteed, an
whan they wis wantin fae the beuks, mainly ablo the "Fause" heid
fack that the'r plenty o auld beuks in Scots, but wi them no comi
4 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 75, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
the cat) or "Devil's pictur'd beuks" (playin cairds) bi cleikin i
1 matches

West Central

Clark, Thomas Mindin on Willie McIlvanney, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Bellshill, blog
rby wha haed connectit wi his beuks, an wi him, in weys they fund
eed tae tell him hou much his beuks haed meant tae me, an tae Sco
ed fresh smeddum tae Willie's beuks, an tae their author. In the
had niver been cawed. But in beuks like "Docherty", "Laidlaw" an
4 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Lallans 82 - The Banes o Alba, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
an aa the beuks on page 32

2 matches

Edinburgh

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
nd ither necessar skeels frae beuks they haed brung oot o the fer
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
leukit at a couple o langage beuks oot o curiosity. But she had
ular. He begoud tae empty oot beuks, pads o paper, an
2 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Intae the Snaw, (Gatehouse Press 2015 ISBN: 978-0992857370) Central, poetry
Mony beuks tae be unwritten an unrade fo on page 14

1 matches

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
sae Ah teuk ma beuks tae his spence on page 48

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
in in yer Granda's stale auld beuks aff beuk barrasi on page 31

1 matches

Ayrshire

Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
His cherished beuks, the meagre selection,
1 matches

General Central

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
aye been a readin man, an the beuks wad gie the place the leuk o on page 27

1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 59 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
guide or the newest gemmes an beuks. For thaim that's efter testi on page 54

1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 59 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
guide or the newest gemmes an beuks. For thaim that's efter testi on page 54

1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 61 - Glesca dialeck i the modren warld, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
lum - lik mony o the bairns' beuks i the shops an aw, an weekly on page 9

1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 67 - William Motherwell (1797 - 1836), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
aist o thir gaitherers yaised beuks and manuscripts an ilk ither' on page 69

1 matches

Hodgson, Brent Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
jeck or form i the twa poetry beuks here. Thrie owersets o poems on page 120

1 matches

Philip, George Lallans 56 - Scotsoun Thereanent, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
in thir poems - no frae the beuks - but stracht frae the mous on page 46

1 matches

Falconer, Gavin Lallans 63 - Richt Scots an Pithy Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
air subtle. In mony reviews o beuks in Scots, a body can read the
t be haed latten a wheen less beuks intae the offeecial version o
o the Basic Scots Bible, The Beuks o Moses an the Psaums, will b
3 matches

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
beuks o the fermin fowk on the Grea
1 matches

Ewen, Allan Review: Saltire: Invasioun, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
walcome growth i the nummer o beuks for bairns ower the last ten
editions o Asterix an Tintin beuks, graphic novels an comics cou
2 matches

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
hail beuks in wauners wi nae need on page 77

2 matches

General Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
es Norlin Airlan tae identify beuks tae add tae hit's collections on page 52
Mair display materials - wee beuks, audio steeers an apps tae ad on page 53
Bringin' oot beuks, artistic creation an' perfoa on page 68

3 matches

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