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Use in varieties of Scots

becis Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words12.9 2.5 0 69.6 174.4 0 0
Number of occurrences425 0 7 30 0 0
Number of authors11 1 5 5

Occurrences of becis in Corpus

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Central

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
t Scotland joukit sic ootfaws becis Her society haed mair lads o on page 110

3 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 56 - Cauld Kail Fae Embro, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
iteicians courrie up wi Scots becis Sinn Feinn courries up wi Ear on page 121

2 matches

Orkney

Skea, Bessie Gallows Ha - Earth-bound, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
And honey fur a honeymoon becis my luv wis mine. on page 18

1 matches

Skea, Bessie Gallows Ha - Earth-bound, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
and honey fur a honeymoon becis my luv wis mine. on page 33

2 matches

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
And all becis o James the Sixth on page 74

1 matches

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
becis me favrit colour wis red. on page 100

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
h he haed nivver hoped afore, becis he didna approve o imaginatio
1 matches

@peediepuss tweeted
t hereaboots. Am hard hid wis becis o Caithness bein giy light wa (2021) twitter link

Shetland

Nicholson, Hannah Tales Fae The Doric Side - Smooriken, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Shetland, prose
du ay wore - I recognised it becis du wis gien me a laen o it ee on page 52

1 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
"Yes, becis du's Alec's sister, dat's da on page 19
"Dat's becis shü is a teenager. I got her on page 24
a her Christmas shoppin trip, becis fur da first time in years sh on page 27
ted i da hoose. It's a peety, becis dir a lokk a tourists at come on page 62
An becis shü loved him, shü medd oot on page 71
Also on pages 93
6 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
1 Becis o da wye at da last element i on page 30
English literacy an spelleen. Becis o dat, aa norms o da Standirt on page 36
Becis StE haes a derivational morph on page 40
Becis da twa endeens merged inta - on page 41
W'ir pickit da spelleen - kin becis o da wye da suffix is unstres on page 42
Also on pages 53, 56, 64, 69, 70, 80, 90, 95, 103, 106
19 matches

Isbister, Sonny Caves aroond Shetland, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
bright, light and sunny cave becis dey could see da sunshine com
.. dey kent he wid be aaright becis he wis magic and dey felt luc
2 matches

@tattooedselkie tweeted
an yun also maks me miss fokk becis I'm been tryin tae do eens an(2021) search twitter
rt tweetin in dialect, mainly becis I saa the abuse they were bai(2021) search twitter

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