A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

beck Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10.8 3 8.9 0 0 0 72.6
Number of occurrences366 6 0 0 0 15
Number of authors13 4 2 6

Occurrences of beck in Corpus

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Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
The Sun's headlines read 'Beck us pray!" on page 43

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
o lang sherp hates, draan beck an fraa, on page 64

2 matches

Perrie, Walter Lallans 73 - The Tod an the Stoat, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
Wi planets at His beck an caa, on page 53

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
"A cannae be at beck an ca,
1 matches

Doric

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
on, mair gentie-like. "Mak a beck fan ye're thinkin fit tae say on page 29
Ailice made anidder beck, sen she doutit fae the wye t on page 31
e!" Ailice steed up an made a beck, an sat back doun. on page 35
are keekit roun an gied a wee beck, an heild on wi his breid an on page 96

5 matches

@Franwella tweeted
@AsdaServiceTeam Nae in ‘is beck o’ th wids ??(2020) search twitter

Ulster

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
Awa qt tha beck en o tha yeir, tha Wattér Bo on page 25
pin it'll no be lang tae y'ir beck amang us yince mair. Luk eftà on page 27
Am no lang beck fae tha hoose o a freen. A wu on page 29
t o hoo the' wur onie bin pit beck intae NI in 2008, an the' wur on page 30

6 matches

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
Beck in the simmer o 2016, twa tea on page 29
Aboot a hunner years beck, when young lads were sent. on page 30
An Hunners o Thoonsans came beck frae the war, on page 31

3 matches

Atkinson, David Yarns 3 - Tha Giss Got Fat, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - Belfast, poetry
seein as beck in tha 70s we wurnae tae be t
but beck then life was lake that,
2 matches

King, Angeline Untitled, (twitter 2021) Ulster - Larne, poetry
in an ah cannae wait tae gae beck oot on the country roads agai
1 matches

Spence, Laura Tha Thoarn Tree, (Ullans Magazine 2013) Ulster, prose
Beck at tha hoose, as he wrocht in
1 matches

Mc Donnell, John , (Facebook 2021) Ulster, prose
hat ...but wisht shae cud cum beck noo an dae hit yince Mair.
1 matches

Mc Donnell, John Joogins, (no publisher recorded 2020) Ulster, prose
d an shae rin oot ...shae cum beck in an gyed Mae a crame horn a
1 matches

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