A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

brace Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.7 11.7 3.2 39.7 5.8 10.9 0
Number of occurrences3022 2 4 1 1 0
Number of authors21 14 1 4 1 1

Occurrences of brace in Corpus

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Central

Haddow, Kris nobody remembers the birdman - The Incomer, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
ry weight on his back as he'd brace hissel for traipsin that brae on page 79

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 61 - The Mass Jack, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
rs, in thae days, wore bib an brace dungarees an ettilt tae leuk on page 85

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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 90 - Serendipity, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
'Braw.' he seyd bangin doon a brace o twa shullin bits aside ane on page 27

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
hearth an chimley wi a muckle brace, tae tak the reek oot o the h on page 71

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Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
is lik the swift flight of a brace o swans on page 43

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Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
ted doucely alang the chimley-brace, upliftin jougs and vawses as on page 126

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Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
a brace o grouse on page 67

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Glesgy Screwdriver, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
chyngin his blazer for bib an brace and his scuilbag for a tuil-b on page 95

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 178, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
apprentice laddie in 'bib an brace' dongerees playin 'denner tim
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Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
brace o whuskies an we wuid waarm w
shae als sein at the wes twa brace
springin up the lum. A marmor brace invirouned the bleizin ingil,
auld nok k’nikket ower the brace.
vaw. It wes twa polismen an a brace o
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Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
Victoria ower the drawin-room brace. They war juist comin doun th
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
claimet. “We’ve been hit! Brace! Brace yourself!” Beatrice,
! Brace yourself!” Beatrice, ower d
She tuckit her erms intae the brace poseeetion up agin the seat i
3 matches

@Cobradile94 tweeted
Trump's bein impeachit... Brace yersels fur the Alt-Richters (2019) search twitter

@MartinBroon tweeted
@ClydeFC Right @AllyLove21 a brace ??wid be nice pal??. ??????(2019) search twitter

@raiphsays tweeted
Daibhi A hud 4 oot tae get ma brace fittit... D: 2 wan day, 2 a u(2020) search twitter

Doric

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
n throwe- " She wes up on the brace fan she said iss, tho she sca on page 14
ivin, an een the knock on the brace (ye ken, ye can jist see the on page 15

2 matches

Orkney

Miller, Alison Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Orkney, poetry
A brace o snipe he's shot oot on the on page 40

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Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
chippy stones - and braak a brace o brittle bones. on page 75

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Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
looman ower the yole. "Wrack! Brace!" Inga rives the yole tae, th on page 25

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Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Sculpture emerges. Ready to brace the pending gales. on page 61

1 matches

Shetland

Ratter, Peter Da Perishin Nort, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
ll's-eye rubber boots, bib an brace overalls and an ex-army gretc
1 matches

Southern

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
Withoot that neck brace!! https://t.co/CryWRB4a3a (2021) twitter link