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The word 'baes'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
baesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.2174
ORK - Orkney 89.4 9 3
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
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 112.4 8 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of baes in Corpus

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Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
hat kind o impeedence fae any baes, he wheeled aboot an wi the b on page 14
id's like tae knock oot a big baes laek a coo, thir's fairly big on page 15
s strung aroond, tae keep the baes awey, an tae keep fock fae ru on page 20
Hid wis a contramantious baes on page 38
"They' say no baes can be moved oot - unless id on page 87

6 matches

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Baes ... o he kens his baes fur sure. on page 59

2 matches

Peace, Courtney The 'Guid' Life, (Orkney Heritage Society 2010) Orkney, poetry
I ambled doon by whaur the baes wur eatan,
1 matches

General Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne A Furst Readin Book in Ulster Scots, (Evertype 2011) Ulster, weans
hicken Little sed, “The sky baes faalin. A wull rin?
“The sky baes faalin, Henny Penny: Henny Pe
. Henny Penny sed, “The sky baes faalin, Turkey Lurkey.’ “
Turkey Lurkey sed, “The sky baes faalin, Ducky Lucky’
. Ducky Lucky sed, “The sky baes faalin, Goosey Loosey. “Hoo
8 matches

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