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The word 'berth'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
berthOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.52110
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 2
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 21.9 2 1
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 9.1 2 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
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 berth in Corpus

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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
I aye gie da Green Geo a wide berth though. Dat wis fae da faer a on page 54

1 matches

Jamieson, Robert Alan Lallans 58 - Eicht poems bi Robert Alan Jamieson, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
Fæ da loa-tyd berth. on page 27

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
aist straicht fur thi Trust's berth. "Ye sikkin a han Jim?" "Far on page 1
e day, an weis makken fur wer berth, awfa canny eneaise shijamm'' on page 10
crowd gaithert richt eit oor berth. "Richt," a say's "Weel hay t on page 26
o eis crowed along side hee's berth, Tellen hem fit tae dee an fi on page 28
e stoppet thi laada aside thi berth o thi Heather Joy. "Thunk eih on page 29

9 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
her ain wee berth like ony ither eident, cannie
1 matches

Aberdeen

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 84 - The Ferlie, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
n. The sin-claitht umman gies berth tae the Maanchield.' An raxin on page 81

2 matches

General Northern

Stewart, Del Tales Fae The Doric Side - Haudagain, 8:12 am, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
ging green, he's gied a wide berth on page 86

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
geein her a wide berth an sayin nothing. Jonsar Eck
n the estate gave Jake a wide berth. any time he spoke tae the
2 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
cause Tommy's gied him a wide berth ever since an that's sayin so on page 169

1 matches

Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 81 - Fower Australian Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Dollar, poetry
Whan up frae his cabin berth on page 18

1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ven the cooncil gie it a wide berth. Every other flat bar the sho
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part one of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
No much except gie him a wide berth. If experience has taught me
1 matches

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