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The word 'beech'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
beechOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6209
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 32.7 10 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 17.7 4 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 4.9 2 2
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
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 beech in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
we her fait washed up on thi beech eit Boddim hairber eno a stor on page 13
louse her aff an heed fur thi beech tae scrub her bottem an get s on page 28

3 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
inno the Fir Widdie, or auld beech boughs in Kilrogie Wids. Cott
t throw the spinnle airms o a beech at the wallie richt in the mi
2 matches

Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
wye for the Hydro. Big bonny beech trees they were but as they w
wid be fair kinichted wi the beech cloggies for they burned like
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
ee kyte wad haud. He bed in a beech wid bi Whinbrae fairm, an his
or hid wun safe intae his ain beech wid, far the lassie craw wis
Victor Vratch’s nest in the beech wid o Whinbrae fairm, wis niv
3 matches

General Northern

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
igs, that war fullin wi blawn beech leaves. 'I wis born there, la on page 51

2 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
tae Fetterkinnes. The ancient beech, which hid seen through twa w on page 118

2 matches

(South) East Central

Morton, Elaine Lallans 61 - Twa poems, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Lothian, poetry
Fleeches nits aff beech trees; knar-holes snare on page 58

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
ondit like in "loch"): beach, beech, beseech, bleach, brooch, fle
1 matches

West Central

Dalgetty, Moira Lallans 104 - The Best Laid Schemes..., (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, poetry
umn we aye go tae a magic wee beech wood near where we live and c on page 102

1 matches

Edinburgh

Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
ik trees led tae the European beech trees, led tae a gatherin o p
1 matches

General Central

Keaveney, Marcus Lallans 102 - Bein a Wid Tink, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
banbirin unner the scrunchin Beech liefs an smile. on page 71

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Fleeches nits aff beech trees; knar-holes snare on page 74

1 matches

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