A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

belfast Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words14.2 5.5 1.5 9.9 0 20.7 123.7
Number of occurrences4711 1 1 0 2 32
Number of authors18 6 1 1 1 9

Occurrences of belfast in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
a 'fantastical' advert in the Belfast Telegraph for an 'Eeksi-Peeks on page 56

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 108, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
20 Sept. 2002, Mike Watson in Belfast, said that:-
1 matches

Falconer, Gavin Lallans 81 - Scots an Mid-Ulster Inglish, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
n that Charles Jones includit Belfast Inglish unner the heidin o â€
gues bidin in or commutin tae Belfast A aften hear twa-three items
Ireland in general or in the Belfast area in parteecular. In the s
3 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 147, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
, there wis talk o the City o Belfast bein interestit in takin a tu
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 114, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
John McIntyre frae Belfast, the Secretar o the UK comate
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@billykayscot tweeted
he pleisure o veisitin Sam in Belfast lang syne, an interviewin him(2020) search twitter
metal band fae Glesga ... or Belfast!(2020) search twitter

@DABArbuckle tweeted
wis walking doon a street in Belfast a wheen o years ago. He wis a(2020) search twitter

@ThonJacobite tweeted
wis walking doon a street in Belfast a wheen o years ago. He wis a(2020) search twitter

Doric

Uri, Antonia Naewey tae bide, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
ets o Embra, Cardiff, Dublin, Belfast an London wi nae siller, maet
1 matches

Orkney

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Cowld runnan water in a Belfast sink. on page 42

1 matches

Southern

Purves, David Lallans 67 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Southern - Selkirk, newspaper
it in Embro an he sayed it in Belfast. We aa thocht he wad fair pit on page 5

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Purves, David Lallans 75 - Gie Us Back Oor Place Names, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Southern, prose
treet signs hae kythed in the Belfast, Castlereagh an Ard Cooncil a
1 matches

Ulster

HRConnect Candidate Wittens Beuklet, (Northern Ireland Executive 2025) Ulster, government
Belfast on page 8

2 matches

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Belfast, Efter Good Friday on page 26
Aa throuither, Belfast's faithers in oblique on page 28
in tha Belfast dailygaun on page 47
III. MacCassey in Belfast on page 51

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Logan, Liam Thon Ulster Scots Book, (Galdanagh 2014 ISBN: 978-0992881405) Ulster - Dunloy, prose
Of coorse he was the Belfast Boy but he was appreciation a on page 32
est I could, that I came from Belfast (not strictly true but I was on page 33

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Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
Londonderry (Co.) Tyrone Belfast Londonderry (city) on page 35

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Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
nagh, frae Antrim, an a wheen Belfast boarn. on page 29
agh, frae Antrim, and a wheen Belfast boarn on page 30
Nor Belfast, nor Antrim, nor the Mountain on page 31
nagh, frae Antrim, an a wheen Belfast boarn. on page 32
nagh, frae Antrim, an a wheen Belfast boarn. on page 33

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Dornan, Stephen The Widenin Sheuch, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Ulster, blog
north Down growed wi folk fae Belfast. New cooncil estates filled w
es filled wi "blaw-ins" laein Belfast acause o The Troubles or indu
lk wha wanted tae commute tae Belfast. Thegither these things gied
ct, an it's doon yet). In the Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement o 199
4 matches

King, Angeline Untitled, (twitter 2021) Ulster - Larne, poetry
avenae been in the company of Belfast folk requiring a translation.
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@Angelinekking tweeted
never heard anyone use it in Belfast. That was before the penny dr(2020) search twitter

@the_gellick tweeted
nsh doon the pub toul me that Belfast were haein a second Twelfth D (2018) twitter link
ly - hoo mony points dae tha Belfast hallions gie a cratur for clo (2019) twitter link
The Belfast yins hae a quare notion for S (2014) twitter link
but folk fae Ulster, no just Belfast, caain a cone a poke is no be (2014) twitter link
t weans an crabbit eejits fae Belfast, Paddy. The #UlsterScots are (2015) twitter link
and 3 other occurrences.

@MarkThompStuff tweeted
s items. The seller is loving Belfast and “disnae want tae gae ham(2019) search twitter

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