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beltin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.8 8.6 4.5 0 0 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences2217 3 0 0 1 1
Number of authors18 13 3 1 1

Occurrences of beltin in Corpus

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Central

Robson, Frances Lallans 82 - The Locomotive, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
The ingin aye beltin oot steam in a thrang, on page 30

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Cairns, Pauline Lallans 83 - Boeuf Bourguignon, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
rnuin and goat back tae smoke beltin oot o the windae. We had pizz on page 68

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
grew stronger yince he began beltin oot the fans chant ae on page 100
an aqua blue fiat punto comes beltin doon the quiet road before co on page 149

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
now, em beltin oot ah this banter. on page 114

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Clark, Thomas Diary o a Wimpy Wean, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785302145) Central, weans
hrough the heidphones, it wis beltin straicht oot the SPEAKERS. on page 37

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Fast as they beltin dugs at legendary tracks. on page 92

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Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - A Day Weel Spent, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
baa ye'd a thocht he wis for beltin it aa the gate tae Hell an ba on page 125

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Robson, Frances Lallans 74 - The Tartanic, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
Suin blousters cam beltin ower the sea,
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Fleemin, Sandy A Day Weel Spent, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
baa ye'd a thocht he wis for beltin it aa the gate tae Hell an ba
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Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
That speed-mad cyclist beltin past
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Clark, Thomas Wha's Like Us?, (Bella Caledonia 2017) Central - Bellshill, blog
the metric system, or mak the beltin o oor weans compulsory.
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Fitt, Matthew Fae Mooth tae Page, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central, blog
schule – the confusion, the beltin, the anxiety. It led me at fi
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Philips, Cally Gonnae No Dae That, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Turriff, prose
™ Scotland’ again. They wis beltin’ it oot when we played Tong
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@_Erinboyle_ tweeted
reat wee night @ConorKelly_92 beltin it oot all for a great cause. (2021) twitter link

@ClashCityClarky tweeted
Some absolutely BELTIN stuff here, no least o aw a l(2020) search twitter

@DABArbuckle tweeted
Range yesterday and they were beltin oot Christmas music. Ony chan(2020) search twitter

Doric

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
we twa ootboard injine's caim beltin across thi baiy flat oot, An on page 17

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Father spared ma a beltin at nicht, bit sattled inated on page 66

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Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Furst Time, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
if by ony chance she sees me beltin awa, A pass the bag tae you,
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Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
nt braw an intae the realms o beltin ??(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
An beltin oot "Tha Sash"! on page 32

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