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The word 'bes'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
besOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus103.434517
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
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
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 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) 232.6 4 2
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards) 214.1 6 2
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 131.3 4 1
GUL - General Ulster 113.7 4 3
SYN - Synthetic (no region) 835.8 46 1

Occurrences of bes in Corpus

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Orkney

Facebook link (Orkney Reevlers 2017) Orkney
– or mibbe even this week? Bes kens. This week I think wae s

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
own good; she jist smiles an bes polite tae her. Ah don't know on page 169

1 matches

General Central

Travers, Martin A Nappie Lassie Blethers tae a Fritter, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, script
Aw chairacters abuin tae bes played bi wan female actor. A on page 1
nder - 'at's a unusual name. Bes hit short fir Alexander? Or y on page 3

3 matches

@raiphsays tweeted
@ThatWeeRedHead Prolly furra bes..(2020)

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
Bes still a wee - nae pucker, on page 37
Whun a' bes ower, tae fang'l wae; on page 53

2 matches

Warwick, Matthew Fergie an Freens oan tha fairm, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2011) Ulster - Rural Mid-Antrim, weans
'ed Laddie, an his best freen bes a wee greh trector by tha nam on page 3
'Thon oul tup aye bes crabbit: ye darnae luck at hi on page 7

2 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
Nearhaun bes Cummer, ticht wee toon, on page 1
An, unnér Scraba, Newton bes, on page 2
Noo, Rathfrilan bes a ticht wee toon, bigged on a on page 5

5 matches

Dornan, Stephen Ode Tae 2021 , (twitter 2022) Ulster - Comber, poetry
It's speerit bes vexit
1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Whun aa bes owre, wha wudnae spae on page 6
Tae dae tha pu'in, whun aa bes daen on page 36
Sae grave whar bes yer victorie? on page 56
Whut bes a mammal? Cat or Moose? on page 58

4 matches

General Ulster

Smyth, Anne I Corinthians 13, (Ullans Magazine 2012) Ulster, prose
be blythe at ill daeins, bot bes hert-gled at richt daeins.
1 matches

DfC Press Offys Hargey sets oot Owersettin Hub, (Depairtment fur Commonities 2021) Ulster, government
t o tha Owwersettin Hub. This bes yin a tha commeetments ower t
kkin in o fowk an commonities bes at tha hairt o aa oor daeins.
2 matches

Bennett, Hazel Tha Near Cut, (Ullans Magazine 2001) Ulster, prose
see yis tha ook neist, gif ye bes at tha disco.”
1 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster Scots Agency Ulster Scots Census, (census.gov.uk 2021) Ulster, government
Tha heid o tha hoose bes tha bodie wha awns or sets th
t richt-oot or pairt sets, or bes a bodie that pyes fur tha mai
ll need yer ingang code ‘at bes prentit oan tha biddin letter
'at shows 'at tha ingang code bes in tha middle o tha letter.
Tha heid o tha hoose bes tha bodie wha awns or sets th
46 matches

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