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Use in varieties of Scots

bert Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words36.8 5.8 124.9 19.9 93 65.6 4.4
Number of occurrences11411 78 2 16 6 1
Number of authors13 2 6 1 1 2 1

Occurrences of bert in Corpus

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Central

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
'Miss Bert,' she says, narrowin hur eyes on page 28
taught by a tyrant like Miss Bert, ye'd understand.' on page 33

2 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ever amount to anything! Miss Bert growled as she pushed me agai on page 37
Miss Bert hated me, but she hated every on page 38

8 matches

Bennett, Peter Wan Goal tae the Good, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
’s ma Auntie Josie an Uncle Bert kin find oot. Na man, no happ
1 matches

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 90 - Mrs Cadwallader’s Conversion, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
'Ay,' chipped in Bert Soutar, the stoker. 'She's a on page 40
so they try ti stop them. Did Bert tell ye his brither lost a le on page 44

3 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
enquired, "An foo ir ye noo, Bert? Efter yer hairt attack." on page 10

1 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
quite clear. Tae some, Fermer Bert Dugald for instance, Cyaard h on page 118

15 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
Dis Bert ken anaw? Ye telt im at denne
Bert disna git hame ower lunchtime
2 matches

Noble, Brian , (Facebook 2022) Doric, poetry
Here’s Bert on the moothie en Bob on the
1 matches

@fittiecrooners tweeted
can dee a wee article on me & Bert in the Fittie Bar? Let me ken(2016) search twitter
n? Can you put a shout oot to Bert far the Fittie Bar. Cheers(2016) search twitter
he accordion & harmonica with Bert(2016) search twitter
ideas or he will end up like Bert https://t.co/NN7DxwSZAB(2016) search twitter
First Bert now Sandy! Phones me asking t(2016) search twitter
and 49 other occurrences.

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Big Bert wis optimistic, "Ah'm sure he on page 56
we were draped in wir covers, Bert started tae golder and greet. on page 61

2 matches

Shetland

Nicholson, James Lallans 58 - Do whit du’s telt, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
ns never does whit d'ir telt. Bert didna do whit he wis telt an on page 17

16 matches

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
o whuskie an whan hei gat aff Bert Nichol’s bus; efter hevin b
turday day nicht gittin ontil Bert Nichol’s bus, anenst the Au
git Bert Nichol’s bus intil Hawick:
han ma sister wis traivlin on Bert Nichols bus, Mrs
4 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
the disaster. I mind my uncle Bert taking me up to the old pit s(2020) search twitter
ames Aye. As Ah said ma uncle Bert Dow (ex Dalhanna Drive, origi(2020) search twitter

Ulster

@the_gellick tweeted
@BertSwattermain @thmkn Aye Bert, the weans the day hae some q (2016) twitter link