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The word 'bevvy'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
bevvyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus62013
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 45.9 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 12.2 5 3
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 20.5 4 3
AYR - Ayrshire 21.4 2 1
LAL - General Central 7.9 6 4
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 bevvy in Corpus

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North East Central

Heather, Alistair Trains approachin?, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
ent mair spent by visitors on bevvy an scran. Aa across the buird
1 matches

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
roond Like you'd been on the bevvy. on page 25

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 117, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
ots love affeir wi the drink, bevvy, swallie etc. For mair partic
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
into grounds/ pitch invasions/bevvy oan the terraces/playin oan p (2020) twitter link
it the sunbeds - or go fir a bevvy before n efter the fitbaw - (2020) twitter link
y wakey - teenagers love the bevvy lol (2020) twitter link

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
he'll no huv enough tae get a bevvy at the Kirky disco next Frida on page 143
uffy, That he wis gettin less bevvy. How. Cause he's a hauf wit, on page 169

2 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
or is it...four days aff the bevvy, I'm abusin it fir its comfor on page 3

2 matches

Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
d rattled, no tae mention the bevvy we’d tanked oer the course
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
'Aw aye, is there free bevvy there?'
1 matches

Ayrshire

Wallace, Lorna Tae A Selfie, (lornalouwriting.wordpress.com 2014) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
A hawd oan tae ma bevvy ticht
1 matches

Wallace, Lorna Jock Tamson Goes tae the Doactir, (lornalouwriting.wordpress.com 2019) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
Jock headed fur a bevvy
1 matches

General Central

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
a bed. Nae animal shall tak a bevvy. Nae animal shall kill ony it on page 6

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
but nou he cannae bevvy mair on page 68

1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
@FrankOctopus Guid chyce o bevvy ??(2020)

@PeoplesPoet77 tweeted
star_welsh Get yersel oan the bevvy the night ya numpty! Scaffies (2022) twitter link
orgeous ?? hope yer oan a wee bevvy sesh the night? ?? (2022) twitter link
messin aboot hen get oan the bevvy ya big Jessie! (2022) twitter link

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