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The word 'beth'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
bethOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.8265
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
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.4 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 68.2 11 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 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)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 394 12 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of beth in Corpus

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(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 167, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
sor Dr James McGonigal, an Dr Beth Dickson, Senior Lecturer, bai
1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger Uprisin' an' Doonfa', (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
A settled in the succour o’ Beth’s airms. As A raised ma hei
My sweetheart, Beth's face stained wi' tears,
I see, the face, o' my ain Beth,
3 matches

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Wise man! Later in the year, Beth said yin mornin’, “It's a
Beth
ctors, the best qualified was Beth. She an’ her husband met th
Scots poem). This year A drew Beth, nae problem A Kent Jist whit
ues sung by The Corries, when Beth heard it read oot, she turned
8 matches

General Central

@Chazzbat tweeted
So that's why Beth hates Jamie. Noo it maks sens(2020)

@fairpechtoot tweeted
@ISaidAye Thanks Beth! Wid be interestit tae hear a(2017)

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
awl hingin bae the dure. Mary Beth was gaun. The kelp hut was la on page 51
p hut," said she, "whaur Mary Beth lived." on page 52
alriada. She aye talkt o Mary Beth." on page 53
"Did ye tver hear tell o Mary Beth Clarker She lived on the rock on page 55
"Mary Beth Clarke's wean. They said she on page 56
Also on pages 58
12 matches

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