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Use in varieties of Scots

bess Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words11.1 16.6 4.5 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences3633 3 0 0 0 0
Number of authors5 3 2

Occurrences of bess in Corpus

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Central

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
'Fir he's bairnt wee Bess Paton! on page 11

2 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
tae the hous - an his sweet Bess - afore he got a droukin. Ha on page 48
, bien wee hous ready for his Bess afore the back-en - an flit on page 50
an a vyce cried for Adam Beg. Bess, sabbin her hert oot, clung t on page 52
Adam luke at Bess an she noddit. 'Aye, Tammas, on page 53
Adam never tuik his Bess tae the heather. For months e on page 54
Also on pages 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 62, 63, 70
30 matches

Crawford, Ross Eemis Stane 1 - Ane Dialog betwix King James VI, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, script
King James: Guid Queen Bess isnae deid yett. Haud yer hor on page 12

1 matches

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 68 - Gordon’s Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Doric, prose
ye winna believe ess - fan Bess wis jist gettin ower her pneu on page 35

2 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
y ah’m remembering ma lovely Bess fa used tae think the North S(2018) search twitter

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