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Use in varieties of Scots

bella Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words32.1 10.8 110 59.6 5.8 20.7 0
Number of occurrences10321 73 6 1 2 0
Number of authors24 15 5 2 1 1

Occurrences of bella in Corpus

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Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
His wife, Bella Todd, proved faur frae fallow on page 17

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
st rax-douns is Mak Forrit an Bella Caledonia. on page 60

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Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
His wife, Bella Todd, proved faur frae fallow
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Clark, Thomas Radge Against the Machine: Deid Wirds, Deid Warlds, an Why Scots Maitters, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Bellshill, blog
n The National, richt here at Bella Caledonia (read our Scots con
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Clark, Thomas Tae Kathleen Jamie, an ither Scots Scrievers, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Bellshill, blog
ak a leuk throu the archive o Bella Caledonia alane an ye'll find
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Fenton, Janet A Guid New Year tae yin and a!, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central, blog
Stewart's hamilt airticle in Bella fair stirred me up. Stewart's
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Bremner, Stewart Haud Yer Wheesht?, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
bonnie Scots leid articles in Bella Caledonia. Sara Clark shines
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Malgrati, Paul Ayont the Fake and the Leal: Let's Free the Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
as yaised bi Scots makkars an Bella scrievers? Eh jalouse na.
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Fitt, Matthew Fae Mooth tae Page, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central, blog
We here at the Scots bittie o Bella Caledonia cordially invite ye
Scots speakers. Ma venerable Bella colleague, Billy Kay, bein te
See whit’s awready here on Bella. And juist write. Juist scrie
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Campbell, Karen Gie it laldy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Glasgow, blog
ked up. (Robin McAlpine, that Bella blog you wrote on 19/9/14, th
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Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part two of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ance, averts her gaze fae her Bella magazine momentarily, lookin
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Davidson, Alistair The Mitterand Plan, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
st, screiver, an memmer o the Bella Caledonia editorial buird. Fo
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McClurg, Fernando Scots, the Electoral Commission an the language community, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
current o Scots airticles on Bella Caledonia, an ane or twa on C
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McClurg, Fernando Weill, weill, weill, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
Much hyped by Common Weal an Bella Caledonia, an gainin the hie-
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Mackintosh, Henrietta A Tale o Twa Leids: Gaelic, Scots an smoorin wi luve, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
guage. In A Sense of Place on Bella Caledonia, Vonny Moyes scriev
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Ewen, Allan Pairt Ane: Janus leuks back, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
National, haes been stairtit; Bella Caledonia, Newsnet Scotland,
ational, National Collective, Bella Caledonia, Wings Over Scotlan
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@jamieonkeys tweeted
e set furth the results o the Bella Alternative Press Awards. I p(2018) search twitter

@billykayscot tweeted
@Dervheid Ta ta Bella - ye’re blocked for bein a (2020) search twitter

Doric

Cameron, Alan Lallans 90 - Drumtulloch, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
'Bella', she thundert, in a bessie-l on page 84

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 68 - Gordon’s Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Doric, prose
ivver a "C'mon ower an play!" Bella - that wis Mrs Dunlop - hid on page 35

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Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
far an aul wifie beyd caad, "Bella Mairy."" Noo, Bella caim oot on page 37

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
hunkie an dappit it is een es Bella an Gladys Jimison fa eesed te on page 75

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 82 - Beyond The Pale , (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
Ti my wey o thinkin the ideas Bella Morrice got inti her heid wer on page 72
on the ither eyn,' she said.) Bella wis a bonnie wumman, though - on page 74
ngs like that. An aa the time Bella Morrice wis noddin her heid a on page 75
he says, 'can Ah come an see, Bella?' An doon the stairs they gae on page 76
'An ye think Bella Morrice'll believe that?' say on page 77

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Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
eired the soo. “My name’s Bella, an I bide on the neist fairm
“Loshty na,” quo Bella, “Ye smell jist the same’
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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
wis reincarnation - hid wis Bella, his late, long-deid spouse. on page 16
And I slipped oot while Bella snored on in the bed. I felt on page 71
Wis I destined tae nivver see Bella again? on page 72

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Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
. I wis oot in the stable wae Bella aal night. on page 70

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Shetland

Williamson, Christie Shaetlan an compoonds a da richt, (damagnifyingless.wordpress.com 2014) Shetland, blog
mine tae a excellent piece on Bella – http://bellacaledonia.org
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Southern

@Woodwinecoolers tweeted
@imccrossan1 Morning Bella, aye it's a lil bit nippy oot (2022) twitter link
@imccrossan1 Guid morning Bella ???? (2022) twitter link