Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'belle'

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Use in varieties of Scots

belle	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	5.8	19	10
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland	5.8	1	1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	32.7	10	2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern	8.9	2	2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central	4.6	1	1
DUN - Dundee	10.6	1	1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow	4.6	1	1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	2.7	2	2
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 belle 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.

Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
a barrier tae beach fun with Belle :-) https://t.co/pQjzoAZIba(2017)

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
k The doctor looked up an saw Belle He remarked "it's nae aften w on page 15

8 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
'Rise an teem the pail, Belle ,
Rise an teem the pail, Belle ,
2 matches

General Northern

Blackhall, Sheena Tales Fae The Doric Side - Bullied, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
Sadie an Georgie, John an Belle on page 55

1 matches

Templeton, Sheila Tales Fae The Doric Side - La Bella Rebelle, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
that Chairlie caad ye his belle rebelle on page 62

1 matches

West Central

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 59 - Rants and Foys, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
nnie Robertson, Willie Scott, Belle Stewart and Jimmy McBeath bec on page 56

1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
But yir thi belle o thi ball on page 70

1 matches

Glasgow

Eunson, Catherine Freude, (The Scores 2020) Central, poetry
de Fleurs, sur la plus belle place du monde in Brussels.
1 matches

General Central

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
croonin voice says 'hush noo Belle', on page 8

1 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
that she blossomed intae the belle o Kilmarnock society, an made
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Neill, Josie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009) Central - Galloway, poetry
e Reine Ecossaise est la plus belle enfante!’
1 matches