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The word 'beet'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
beetOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.22011
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 29.4 9 4
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 17.7 4 4
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 15.3 6 2
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) 88.3 1 1
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 beet 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.

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
oose An a waur een lowsin his beet on page 15

3 matches

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
tyme's he did. Ye cood niver beet him et eis he wis say canny a on page 3
's. Bit eis laad's nae tae be beet, maid eit roon enspyte o eis. on page 5
roar's ben tae Danny, get yer beet's on, av seen wer dainer. So on page 31
scruffy, an pet on ma rigger beet's, an we wint entae thi mukku on page 65

4 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"She cudna poor pish oot o a beet wi Instructions oan the heel. on page 51

1 matches

Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Kieran an Aidan, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
les in e ingle wi e tae o’s beet. I’m awa till ma bed. I’v
1 matches

General Northern

Gray, Kathleen Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Ootlin, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
me. I wis as teuch as an auld beet, bit I wid greet for hoors in on page 58

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
lons, you jist teen your army beet, kicked
1 matches

Murdoch, Steve Lallans 63 - Poacher, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
dubs by a muckle airmy style beet. He felt his hairt race, sicc
1 matches

@fittiecrooners tweeted
Scotland cud hif beet yon Swedes! Think it wis Bunk(2018)

(South) East Central

Fleemin, Sandy Big Schuil, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
dous, haesn't she?" Rid as a beet he went.
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@andy_brown4430 ee canna beet the vosene brother lol (2020) twitter link
coo shed on match days cana b beet brother - u n the family caw (2020) twitter link
thing oh bewtie btw - cannae beet a pitch wae a sea breeze - n (2020) twitter link
@ShaunMcC4llion aye ee canna beet wipin eer erse oan the dew (2021) twitter link
ootyFact @StuartKidd14 cannae beet a guid swally ya legends - i (2020) twitter link

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
On a beet or bunnle o bans, on page 15

1 matches

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