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The word 'betsy'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
betsyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus14.4466
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 58.9 18 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern 651 4 1
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 17.7 4 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 48.6 19 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
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)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of betsy in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
she sut on the steel te milk Betsy the coo, the frothy milk squi on page 91

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
ie fire wi her clootie dally, Betsy, an sterted tae prig wi Meg R
yer claes?' she speired movin Betsy her dallie ben the bowster fu
ur fear that Isie wad flatten Betsy, Isie bein nae respector o it
'Sweir on Betsy's life'
wa lassies lay in the derk wi Betsy the dall atween them, listeni
17 matches

South Northern

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Montrose, prose
lucky tae get in the likes o Betsy Whyte an Duncan Williamson as on page 126

2 matches

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric, prose
lucky tae get in the likes o Betsy Whyte an Duncan Williamson as
-bit mair Scots in the text. (Betsy an Duncan didna fash gin the
2 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
a helpers gasped. "Oh nae Big Betsy". Och says the judge."I'll ex
I see her." Jist wi that Big Betsy appeared an asks." Fit's wran
in his element as he telt Big Betsy aboot the flooer. She asked h
d place?" asks the judge. Big Betsy growls."I got first prize wi
4 matches

(South) East Central

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
ll be ganshin tae the hantle, Betsy." on page 91
ou for sic a lang time. How's Betsy keeping? And wee a Jean? Is s on page 92
Och there's Tam... I'll tell Betsy ye were askin fer her, Mrs O' on page 93
Back hame, Betsy had startit tae fret. The pot on page 95
"It's aa richt, Betsy. He's jist seein me hame," Da on page 96

19 matches

General Central

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
Captain Betsy Miller's Fareweel tae Clytus on page 55

1 matches

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