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The word 'bis'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
bisOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.2207
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 11.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders)
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)
GUL - General Ulster 56.2 4 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region) 199.9 11 1

Occurrences of bis in Corpus

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Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 77 - Anither Time, Anither Place, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
knypin on. "Ah'll drap in tae Bis- on page 29

1 matches

West Central

Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
in bis lang hame, come ben nou whan on page 135

1 matches

Glasgow

Durie, Nick The Best o the Baith o Thaim, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
while Labour votin AY voters) bis the “tak the fecht tae the
1 matches

General Central

Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
Rocafort 242 bis, on page 24

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
czesc, vi ses, bis dann, tot straks. on page 77

1 matches

General Ulster

Bennett, Hazel Tha Near Cut, (Ullans Magazine 2001) Ulster, prose
bye. Cosie, tha fower o thaim bis aye braver than juist tha yin
“Aw cum on, hit bis brave an sauf A warrant yis.
“Bot it bis tha twal o nicht,” Val haed
“Ye bis yammering lik ma mither.” T
4 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster Scots Agency Ulster Scots Census, (census.gov.uk 2021) Ulster, government
Whut tha heid-coont bis
nes gethert by tha Heid-coont bis uised tae mak a caa oan hoo y
Whut tha heid-coont bis
nes gethert by tha heid-coont bis uised tae mak a caa oan hoo y
Yer hoosehaud ingang code bis:
11 matches

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