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The word 'beck'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
beckOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus10.63412
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 26.6 6 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 4 3 2
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) 358.6 7 2
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster 196.8 14 3
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of beck 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.

General Northern

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
on, mair gentie-like. "Mak a beck fan ye're thinkin fit tae say on page 29
Ailice made anidder beck, sen she doutit fae the wye t on page 31
e!" Ailice steed up an made a beck, an sat back doun. on page 35
are keekit roun an gied a wee beck, an heild on wi his breid an on page 96

5 matches

@Franwella tweeted
@AsdaServiceTeam Nae in ‘is beck o’ th wids ??(2020)

(South) East Central

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
"A cannae be at beck an ca,
1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
The Sun's headlines read 'Beck us pray!" on page 43

2 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
o lang sherp hates, draan beck an fraa, on page 64

2 matches

Perrie, Walter Lallans 73 - The Tod an the Stoat, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
Wi planets at His beck an caa, on page 53

1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
Awa qt tha beck en o tha yeir, tha Wattér Bo on page 25
pin it'll no be lang tae y'ir beck amang us yince mair. Luk eftà on page 27
Am no lang beck fae tha hoose o a freen. A wu on page 29
t o hoo the' wur onie bin pit beck intae NI in 2008, an the' wur on page 30

6 matches

Spence, Laura Tha Thoarn Tree, (Ullans Magazine 2013) Ulster, prose
Beck at tha hoose, as he wrocht in
1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Untitled, (twitter 2021) Ulster - Larne, poetry
in an ah cannae wait tae gae beck oot on the country roads agai
1 matches

General Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
r resource improvements, hel' beck bae political on page 13
flowin' beck an' forrit an' no onie bein' on page 15
airefore the penel hes wrocht beck fae oor twenny yeir veesion a on page 22
ots leid materials isnae hel' beck bae the fect at the Scots on page 31
A farder 16% cum beck efter a lang break, bit maist on page 37
Also on pages 45, 49, 51, 60
9 matches

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
Beck in the simmer o 2016, twa tea on page 29
Aboot a hunner years beck, when young lads were sent. on page 30
An Hunners o Thoonsans came beck frae the war, on page 31

3 matches

Mc Donnell, John , (Facebook 2021) Ulster, prose
hat ...but wisht shae cud cum beck noo an dae hit yince Mair.
1 matches

Mc Donnell, John Joogins, (no publisher recorded 2020) Ulster, prose
d an shae rin oot ...shae cum beck in an gyed Mae a crame horn a
1 matches

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