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The word 'becum'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
becumOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.2249
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
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central 22.2 5 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 1
SEA - South East (Borders) 48.4 4 2
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 31.4 1 1
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) 127.2 7 1

Occurrences of becum in Corpus

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(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 74 - I Hae A Drame, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Southern, poetry
this maun becum true.
1 matches

West Central

Hardie, George Lallans 59 - Five Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
and has becum on page 129

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
his dauchter Peggy what haes becum o hir gowd. She tells him she on page 138
wark frae a cheil wha wes ti becum a major Scottish leiterarie f on page 143

2 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
ristopher Corduroy’, but we becum awaur that the uncle is a rea
es sum-hou ti laern what haes becum o hir guidman. O coorse, Ledd
2 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Traivells wi a Cuddie i the Cevennes (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-5-1) Central, prose
a tribbilt ristin plece, ye'l becum a on page 1

1 matches

General Central

Robertson, Colin Lallans 73 - Auld Scots law, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
ys, wi Scottis fushioun, haes becum a lingua franca for the warld on page 22
le o amounts ti be peyed haed becum stellt, an that thir haed bec on page 24

3 matches

Robertson, Colin Lallans 81 - Wildlaw, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
‘Earth jurisprudence’ has becum yokit til this raxin efter a
ds the unnergroun watter haes becum ower wersh for ti wauch, an i
2 matches

South East (Borders)

Purves, David Lallans 67 - The Incomparable Li Po (701-762), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
been deracinated kis it haes becum sindert frae its social ruits on page 34

1 matches

Purves, David Lallans 75 - Gie Us Back Oor Place Names, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Southern, prose
an Bridgehaugh an Philiphaugh becum pronounced Bridgehaw an Phili
1 matches

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
ma professional training, tae becum ae Social Worker.
tland wuid hev, lang-sin-syne becum, ae bilingual societie i.e. S
2 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Reynolds, Charlie Krisamas time is draa’in near, (Ullans Speakers Association 2011) Ulster - Coleraine, prose
se, times chenged an Krisamas becum a soart o a time o madness wh
1 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
iet awa tae Babylon, Jeconiah becum tha faither o Shealtiel, an S on page 1
r tha hairt o these fowk haes becum haird; the' can harlie hear w on page 9
icht frae tha stairt, an that becum sarvints o tha Wurd o God. Sa on page 69
hat verie day Herod an Pilate becum guid freens: afore that thair on page 109

7 matches

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