A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

brew Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words11 8 9.6 69.6 5.8 0 22.1
Number of occurrences3415 6 7 1 0 5
Number of authors24 11 4 5 1 3

Occurrences of brew in Corpus

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Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2003 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
road. Ah'll joost go oan the brew an see wit happens. on page 61
sage factory, ah went oan the brew fur a while. Ye ever been oan on page 103

3 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
Porpoises oan Special Brew an on page 71

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
They'd brew their weird ingredients, on page 63

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Abu-Dhabi, E'en missed their brew! on page 31
sung aa bluidy nicht, 'Willie brew'd a peck o maut!', on page 116

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
'Fizzin broth and witch's brew on page 34

1 matches

Neill, Willie Lallans 61 - Three Tales frae the Brithers Grimm, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Ayrshire, prose
"This day I bak, the morn I brew, on page 42

1 matches

Neill, Josie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009) Central - Galloway, poetry
, Mr Burns For Supper, A Braw Brew, The Sound of our Voices, The
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
A'm gettin on A hae a bitter brew tae sup,
1 matches

Duncan, Robert The Oor-Wulliefication o Scots?, (autumnvoices.co.uk 2022) Central, blog
s sang, it was Willie that ‘brew’d a peck o’ maut’ (pace
1 matches

McDonald, Hamish The Girnin Gates - Chapter 12, (Itchy Coo 2003) Central, prose
dyke, so's we could huv a brew.
s, an pit a big pot oan fur a brew. Mr Gobbs set up some rods an
2 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ey - huv u been oan the home brew lol (2020) twitter link

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
s she wytit fir the coffee te brew an thinkin, Elspeth's spint t on page 29

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
t a clue fa drank aa his iron brew on page 121
It's ma favourite brew, so dinna forget. on page 171

3 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
‘Kind of Blue’ or ‘Bitches Brew’ (2021) twitter link

@fittiecrooners tweeted
gan tae start selling yon dog brew doon at the Fittie Bar? A yon(2017) search twitter

Orkney

Skea, Bessie Gallows Ha - Earth-bound, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Wae honey sweet, a baleful brew, wae lemon, grape and chinche on page 24

1 matches

Miller, Alison Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Orkney, poetry
I brew a pot o tea, set doon a cup on page 42

1 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
an swigs o John Willie's home brew. on page 66
There's home-brew in a bride's cog and sweeties on page 70
Twa bottles o home-brew I fund in the shed on page 71

3 matches

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
2. Too Much Home Brew on page 12

1 matches

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
malt, a brew o golden cheer. on page 58

1 matches

Shetland

MacInnes, Morag Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Shetland, poetry
in the brew; trow treeded. on page 21

1 matches

Ulster

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Thistle, thron an sweat oo brew, on page 30

1 matches

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
n empie bicker an, Ye mak yer brew, on page 14

2 matches

NewtonLass Tay, (newtonlass.blogspot.com 2011) Ulster - Newtownards, poetry
Ye mak yer brew,
Tha brew’s aa gray.
2 matches

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