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The word 'betty'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
bettyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus289313
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 63.9 11 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 163.5 50 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 17.7 4 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee 116.8 11 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 13.1 10 4
SEA - South East (Borders) 48.4 4 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 betty in Corpus

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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
Betty's Veesit on page 46
kwardness, an dan shü shaaed Betty tae her room. on page 48
"I hedd nae idea, Betty - bit what wye wid I? I cann on page 49

11 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Betty rippit open er birthday caird on page 79
Betty turnt ower the vouchir an saa on page 80
Ah dinna think Ah funcy at." Betty pushed up er sleeve an inspec on page 81
Betty wirkit er wye doon the list, on page 82
she wheeched awa the tools at Betty hid teen sic care te arrange. on page 83
Also on pages 84, 85
50 matches

General Northern

Maitland, Andrew Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Auld Mannie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
y. I used tae bide wi ma wife Betty - but noo am on ma ain. Ma t on page 75

1 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - Beggerey’s Greenhoose, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
that Beggerey hid a wife – Betty – a quiet wifie that folks
in a rare ootside appearance, Betty, the Wifie Beggerey, came oot
€˜In memory o ma darlin wife, Betty. Crushed tae death by this gr
3 matches

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
the poem is entirelie stock: Betty haes tint hir wee but-an-ben, on page 141

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
he name they gied her, Sweaty Betty, tho naebody wuid eer hae dau on page 100
t an apairt fae theirsels, an Betty crackin on tae a handfu o her on page 101
stop lauchin an wi grunts at Betty, wha ignored them - she wis on page 102

11 matches

General Central

Steele, Gregor Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
Betty the Vampire Slagger on page 3

4 matches

Hodgson, Brent Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
Flickering Images, Betty MacKellar and Jack Hastie, Lu on page 91

4 matches

@rattlecans tweeted
oor mums might gab tae Auntie Betty at the fucking school gates.. (2022) twitter link

@LairnScots tweeted
scot the day at the inaugural Betty Boyd Memorial Scots Language (2019) twitter link

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
crack, whan the praisent Mrs. Betty Warwick’s
s, wur forrit it Girnwud. Ay, Betty’s muther wis ae sister tae
Betty’s paurents, an shei hirsel
Betty Warwick o Girnwud’s aunts.
4 matches

South West (Galloway)

Evie OOR WULLIE’S SEASON’S GREET, (Largs Writers Group 2015) Central - Largs, prose
ime fur. Right fae the start, Betty wiz brill – and up front at
1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
said, addressin an oul freen, Betty Greer. on page 60

1 matches

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