Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

bes	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	103.4	2.5	0	9.9	0	0	309.8
Number of occurrences	345	5	0	1	0	0	64
Number of authors	17	3		1			9

Occurrences of bes 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

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
own good; she jist smiles an bes polite tae her. Ah don't know on page 169

1 matches

Travers, Martin A Nappie Lassie Blethers tae a Fritter, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, script
Aw chairacters abuin tae bes played bi wan female actor. A on page 1
nder - 'at's a unusual name. Bes hit short fir Alexander? Or y on page 3

3 matches

@raiphsays tweeted
@ThatWeeRedHead Prolly furra bes..(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Facebook link (Orkney Reevlers 2017) Orkney
– or mibbe even this week? Bes kens. This week I think wae s

Ulster

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
Bes still a wee - nae pucker, on page 37
Whun a' bes ower, tae fang'l wae; on page 53

2 matches

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Whun aa bes owre, wha wudnae spae on page 6
Tae dae tha pu'in, whun aa bes daen on page 36
Sae grave whar bes yer victorie? on page 56
Whut bes a mammal? Cat or Moose? on page 58

4 matches

Warwick, Matthew Fergie an Freens oan tha fairm, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2011) Ulster - Rural Mid-Antrim, weans
'ed Laddie, an his best freen bes a wee greh trector by tha nam on page 3
'Thon oul tup aye bes crabbit: ye darnae luck at hi on page 7

2 matches

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
Nearhaun bes Cummer, ticht wee toon, on page 1
An, unnér Scraba, Newton bes, on page 2
Noo, Rathfrilan bes a ticht wee toon, bigged on a on page 5

5 matches

Ulster Scots Agency Ulster Scots Census, (census.gov.uk 2021) Ulster, government
Tha heid o tha hoose bes tha bodie wha awns or sets th
t richt-oot or pairt sets, or bes a bodie that pyes fur tha mai
ll need yer ingang code ‘at bes prentit oan tha biddin letter
'at shows 'at tha ingang code bes in tha middle o tha letter.
Tha heid o tha hoose bes tha bodie wha awns or sets th
46 matches

Smyth, Anne I Corinthians 13, (Ullans Magazine 2012) Ulster, prose
be blythe at ill daeins, bot bes hert-gled at richt daeins.
1 matches

DfC Press Offys Hargey sets oot Owersettin Hub, (Depairtment fur Commonities 2021) Ulster, government
t o tha Owwersettin Hub. This bes yin a tha commeetments ower t
kkin in o fowk an commonities bes at tha hairt o aa oor daeins.
2 matches

Bennett, Hazel Tha Near Cut, (Ullans Magazine 2001) Ulster, prose
see yis tha ook neist, gif ye bes at tha disco.”
1 matches

Dornan, Stephen Ode Tae 2021 , (twitter 2022) Ulster - Comber, poetry
It's speerit bes vexit
1 matches