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The word 'bc'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
bcOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.1179
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 17.4 3 2
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 5.2 2 2
WCE - West Central 17.8 4 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 3.9 3 2
SEA - South East (Borders) 48.4 4 1
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 bc 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

De Luca, Christine Lallans 58 - seiven poems bi Christine de Luca, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
dey nivver kent o. Athin BC alane on page 19

1 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
Wast Voe daetit tae 4200-3600 BC. Dis settlin fokk wis fisher/ on page 13

2 matches

(South) East Central

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
e been alive frae 620 tae 560 BC. It is believed that he wis a on page 3

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
Trafford Publishing, Victoria BC, 2007, 103pp., £8.95. on page 120

1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
rn oan the 8th o December, 65 Bc, in the toun o Venusia, in th on page 100
ar wis confiscated, but bi 41 Bc, followin Octavian's general on page 101
ty-sax, oan November; 27th, 8 BC. on page 102

4 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
“A million years BC,” she smilet. “They do lo
1 matches

General Central

Holton, Brian Lallans 67 - The Nine Sangs: Brian Holton, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
dited in the Han dynasty (206 BC - 220 AD) as pairt o a beuk w on page 33

2 matches

Douglas, Ashley Whae Were the Pechts, (Dig It Scotland 2023) Central, prose
auncient Greek makar) in 430 BC, descrieve a pentit fowk bidi
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
Orphan: Kennawha (1st Century BC)
Kennawha (1st Century BC)
Kennawha (1st Century BC)
Kennawha (1st Century BC)
4 matches

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