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The word 'beamer'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
beamerOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.7126
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central 36.8 8 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of beamer in Corpus

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Aberdeen

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
id like she’s got a massive beamer. I finally got her tae bide o
1 matches

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 103, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
shuid be jynin new words like beamer, riddie, schemie, multi, sito
1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
uppers. 'How come ye've got a beamer, Harry?" she said as she pit on page 49
and comlie face took a richt beamer. Then, yince again she smiled on page 73

2 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
reet went an took an absolute beamer when she said it an then she on page 95
at ma back an ah took a pure beamer when ah seen him. Are you dae on page 112
he caught ma eye an ah took a beamer. She come up tae me at the en on page 113
nchtime. Charlene took a pure beamer. An whit aboot you Kirsty, he on page 128
ulous, she said, takin a pure beamer, Ah'm too auld fur aw that pa on page 169

6 matches

General Central

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ings. "Ye should huv seen the beamer she hud in a recent photie o on page 113

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

@StuartPoet tweeted
ol_baraniuk Aye, a riddy is a beamer, baith wirds Ah grew up yaisi(2020)