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The word 'bents'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
bentsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.1105
ORK - Orkney
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 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 17.7 7 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central
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 bents in Corpus

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General Northern

Lawrie, Alastair Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Win, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
e win's caal croonin owre the bents on page 90

1 matches

(South) East Central

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
on, at walloped awaw ower the bents. Than he telt the men ti
the bents.
2 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
evemur24 @davidmcandrew86 the bents wis heavin n the chippy wis t (2021) twitter link
oop alandas at the longniddry bents - crackin fish supper (2020) twitter link
ae - doon tae the longniddry bents fir a fish supper lol (2021) twitter link
ee stopover at the longniddry bents oan the way back fir a fish s (2021) twitter link
ou get now fae alandas at the bents for £9.50 - certainly tasty (2021) twitter link

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
sh up throu the withert yella bents, the three ither puir nowt we on page 56

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
whan the bents wir on page 14

1 matches

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