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The word 'bellies'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
belliesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.62117
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 11.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 10.9 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire 39.3 3 1
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 2
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
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) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of bellies in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
ither dram Keeps oot the caul Bellies full on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
aet wir picnic an lie on wir bellies, savourin the sharp tang o th on page 21

1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 77 - Anither Time, Anither Place, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
tae yer soup, let it warm yer bellies, bit, mark ye, 'Your fathers on page 30

1 matches

General Northern

Strachan, Shane Beyond the Sea, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Doric, prose
g it back up oot their swallt bellies. Seen enough, they’ve aa ta
1 matches

(South) East Central

Clark, Sara Indyref 2: Aulder, Wiser, Kinder, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
ench o grief in the pit o oor bellies that left us depleted o aw jo
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
in xtra time wae fire in eer bellies lads n b oan tae ees awe (2020) twitter link

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
eir lugs in the sides o their bellies. Yer dochter Vanessa, tae jud on page 2

1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
hey hid jeely pieces fur thur bellies An’ maist e’ thum wis wea
1 matches

Edinburgh

Sprott, Gavin Lallans 68 - Gairdens, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
kie willie on their backs and bellies. on page 98

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Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
n frozen. The hot wine in our bellies is keepin us warm. The cold n on page 16

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
That waldit in the bellies o the bylers o the day. on page 65

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
d a volley o shot intae their bellies, that cowpt mair an mair o th on page 37
-a-dizzen horses lay wi their bellies slashed an their swallt pudde on page 53

3 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
an awfie toom feelin in their bellies. on page 6

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
or tongues and spairks in oor bellies and warlockry in the nebs o o on page 10

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
Wir bellies is tinkin wir trotts haes bö on page 35

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Whuppity Stoorie, (Scots Hoose 2017) Central, weans
e nae siller for food for oor bellies and nae claes tae pit on oor
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South East (Borders)

@cammyrudkin tweeted
bson46 nae wunder eve got ten bellies(2012)

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
ignorin rummlin, hauf-tuim bellies..... on page 77

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
lly Goats Gruff brig on their bellies.
1 matches

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