A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'be-'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
be-Occurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus0.311
ORK - Orkney
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
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
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 be- in Corpus

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Orkney

Towrie, David Wirkin' the Tang - a dialect tale, (Orkneyjar 2010) Orkney, prose
thir wis, livin a kindo near-be-gaan wey o' life, wae no miny
1 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
e at first, an then, if A lek be-an at person, A'll come up: if on page 19
hed for id noo, A suppose, by be-an drooned in ma oun tears ! A on page 20
for really A'm quite tired o be-an such a peedy peedy thing !" on page 32
growan beeger an peedier, an be-an ordered aboot by moosies an on page 33
izard, Bill, wis in e middle, be-an held up by two guinea-pigs, on page 38
Also on pages 39, 41, 80, 81, 89, 105, 109, 112, 113, 117
17 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
born the brunt o the seen-tae-be-Hogmanay cleanin yestreen, an
hin tae ofrer her here. Gweed-be-here, she can ay come hame wik
2 matches

General Northern

Wheeler, Leslie Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Doric, weans
Re-bop, be-bop, a funky French can-can - on page 13

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
eack as she heild on. "Muckle be-etter! Be-etter! Be-e-e-etter! on page 69

4 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
aw ofen noo-a-days a git a un-be-kent guid-leukin man in ma
1 matches

(South) East Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
be-in a vairsioun o Der fahrend S on page 45

1 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
riorities: the first priority be-in that seeveral priorities ne on page 96

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
Bi the tyme the Bass Rok wes be-eft o’m thai wes sternit bi
1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 76 - The Man Wha Jeopardeized The Continued Existence O The Universe, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
a pictur at wes be-in set on bi a whuttil frae ah
1 matches

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 76 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
at the aige o 88. As weill as be-in a makar o the heichest orde on page 3

2 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 81 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Prestwick, newspaper
e aige o eichtie-thrie. Forby be-in a kenspekkil academic, Pr. on page 5

2 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central - Prestwick, prose
for the-nou, an exceptioun is be-in made, kis o the wechtiness on page 116

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
year syne, at Lallans wes be-in foundit for ti: 'gie the gr on page 7

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
gaun, he can anelie awn up ti be-in gled, that, in hell, he wul on page 142

3 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
rks o monie braw skreivars ir be-in tint. An he is tellt that t
aw kinna bogils an meistical be-ins; he is, atweill, the oppos
u the auld faimilie graufs ir be-in steirit up for a new oncum,
3 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
t’s life, we micht think at be-in a ‘Renaissance man’ wes
m a reader in 1976 an stopped be-in Heid o Depairtment in 1983.
i thae days, Scott gaed frae be-in an extremelie ‘female’,
an be sure that this ettil is be-in unnertaen (sumthing tells m
4 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
nglish-england-doesnt-want-to-be-just-another-member-of-a-team- on page 82

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
that yi be-friended on page 9

1 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Dalquharter (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2010 ISBN: 978-0-9559-105-6-2) Central, prose
Paris wuid growe intil sicna be-in. on page 1

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Swallae and Amethyst (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-1-3) Central, prose
ils o lyfe. The sensautioun o be-in lowssit frae preisioun, ons on page 2
ceitizans, an ein tho Bretane be-in allyat ti Fraunce an Poland on page 4

3 matches

Forde, Iain W D Taid o that Ilk (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2009) Central, prose
iewort, a bit towtie-lik, him be-in nyow ti the wattir-syde lyf
1 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
ted Aonghas earlier, the auld be-jumpered lads, have awready se on page 3

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
time for prayer in this puir be-nichtit land o oors, it's nou. on page 25

1 matches

General Central

Hodgson, Brent Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
2005? Mebbe on accoont o it's be-in skreivit in an ordinar leid on page 91

2 matches

Robertson, Colin Lallans 81 - Wildlaw, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
e for the Yirth an its leivin be-ins. We areddies hae environme
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Purves, David Lallans 67 - The Incomparable Li Po (701-762), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
lyfe, it is nou wantin, eftir be-in sairlie eroded as a result on page 34

1 matches

Purves, David Lallans 73 - A Whein Auld Chinese Saws, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
Eftir be-in cloured ower the heid wi an on page 83

1 matches

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
e lampit by on bamboo stilts, be-in a horse, lyke.
Ah never laucht, no be-in forritsum, lyke.
2 matches

General Ulster

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