Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'bert'

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Use in varieties of Scots

bert	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	31.2	104	12
ORK - Orkney	19.9	2	1
SHD - Shetland	93	16	1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	3.3	1	1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen	31.5	3	1
DOR - General Northern	328	74	4
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow	5.1	1	1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders)	48.4	4	1
SWE - South West (Galloway)	27.9	2	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	28.4	1	1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of bert 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.

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

Mid Northern A

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

Aberdeen

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

General Northern

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)
n? Can you put a shout oot to Bert far the Fittie Bar. Cheers(2016)
he accordion & harmonica with Bert(2016)
ideas or he will end up like Bert https://t.co/NN7DxwSZAB(2016)
First Bert now Sandy! Phones me asking t(2016)
and 49 other occurrences.

Glasgow

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

South East (Borders)

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

South West (Galloway)

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

General Ulster

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