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Use in varieties of Scots

betty Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words28.7 11.6 81.1 0 63.9 41.3 4.4
Number of occurrences9323 54 0 11 4 1
Number of authors13 7 3 1 1 1

Occurrences of betty 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.

Central

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
he name they gied her, Sweaty Betty, tho naebody wuid eer hae dau on page 100
t an apairt fae theirsels, an Betty crackin on tae a handfu o her on page 101
stop lauchin an wi grunts at Betty, wha ignored them - she wis on page 102

11 matches

Steele, Gregor Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
Betty the Vampire Slagger on page 3

4 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
the poem is entirelie stock: Betty haes tint hir wee but-an-ben, on page 141

1 matches

Hodgson, Brent Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
Flickering Images, Betty MacKellar and Jack Hastie, Lu on page 91

4 matches

Evie OOR WULLIE’S SEASON’S GREET, (Largs Writers Group 2015) Central - Largs, prose
ime fur. Right fae the start, Betty wiz brill – and up front at
1 matches

@rattlecans tweeted
oor mums might gab tae Auntie Betty at the fucking school gates.. (2022) twitter link

@LairnScots tweeted
scot the day at the inaugural Betty Boyd Memorial Scots Language (2019) twitter link

Doric

Maitland, Andrew Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Auld Mannie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
y. I used tae bide wi ma wife Betty - but noo am on ma ain. Ma t on page 75

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Betty rippit open er birthday caird on page 79
Betty turnt ower the vouchir an saa on page 80
Ah dinna think Ah funcy at." Betty pushed up er sleeve an inspec on page 81
Betty wirkit er wye doon the list, on page 82
she wheeched awa the tools at Betty hid teen sic care te arrange. on page 83
Also on pages 84, 85
50 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - Beggerey’s Greenhoose, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
that Beggerey hid a wife – Betty – a quiet wifie that folks
in a rare ootside appearance, Betty, the Wifie Beggerey, came oot
€˜In memory o ma darlin wife, Betty. Crushed tae death by this gr
3 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
Betty's Veesit on page 46
kwardness, an dan shü shaaed Betty tae her room. on page 48
"I hedd nae idea, Betty - bit what wye wid I? I cann on page 49

11 matches

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
crack, whan the praisent Mrs. Betty Warwick’s
s, wur forrit it Girnwud. Ay, Betty’s muther wis ae sister tae
Betty’s paurents, an shei hirsel
Betty Warwick o Girnwud’s aunts.
4 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
said, addressin an oul freen, Betty Greer. on page 60

1 matches

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