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The word 'belted'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
beltedOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.51510
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
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 12.2 5 3
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 10.2 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders) 37.4 3 1
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 belted in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
I belted back home and intae me bed, p on page 61

1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
wner does it? that's some low belted stereotypical pish." on page 65

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
Cinderella belted up the stair an sure enough, on page 81

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Lallans 62 - The Numpty, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
mither’d scud ma lug if ah belted her again.
flung open the front door an belted oot.
I belted efter her. She didna ken the
3 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
wumman she wis an aw, in her belted smock and green breeks. Ablow on page 104
le figure o the Heidie in her belted smock and green breeks. on page 135

2 matches

Glasgow

Atkins, Elise Billy Barr ’n’ Jonny Jimison’s Day Oot!, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Central, prose
“Hunners ae money!” Jonny belted oot. “Naeb’dy knows who i
1 matches

Eunson, Catherine This Winter, (The Scores 2020) Central, poetry
belted gabardine, spangin through th
1 matches

General Central

Beekman, Tony Lallans 85 - The Belt, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
gree o yer offence, ye cud be belted a nummer o times on baith hau on page 42

1 matches

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
e picked up th goolden key an belted awa tae th gairden door. on page 16
n noo fur th gairden!" An she belted back tae th wee door; but, ra on page 19
takin Ahlice b' th haun, eet belted off, withoot waitin fur th en on page 106

3 matches

South West (Galloway)

Haddow, Kris Ronnie's Story, (words.krishaddow.com 2011) Central, prose
lked back in tae the room and belted me full force across the jaw.
1 matches

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