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Use in varieties of Scots

brute Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.8 3.7 19.2 29.8 11.6 0 0
Number of occurrences247 12 3 2 0 0
Number of authors21 6 10 3 2

Occurrences of brute in Corpus

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Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
ow are 'we gonnae malkie this brute?" " on page 13
aff its back and dragged the brute doon tae his ship. Wi the buh on page 33

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Hardie, George Lallans 58 - twa poems bi George Hardie, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - Hamilton, poetry
a fell dishonest brute but, on page 41

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Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
sport fur revengeance. Than a brute wes pit about at
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Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
aye, ca me an unfeelin brute! -
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Bennett, Peter TA Hauf an a Hauf, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ar talkin tae some bloody big brute ay a fella, bletherin away. A
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McKillop, Roger Educational (Mis)Communication, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Raisin’ Scots tae mair than brute,
1 matches

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 68 - Gordon’s Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Doric, prose
don, an he wis a great muckle brute o a loon, wi a big heid an st on page 35

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Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
blustery North win is jist a brute,
Nae sign o Winter bein a brute,
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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
ease on the binder, fool orra brute o thing that it wis, fur naeb
1 matches

Bundy Broch The Doric Min, (YouTube 2020) Doric - Brouch, poetry
shious man, he wiz a strushel brute
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Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
id been the first tae see the brute in the flesh as it were, thro
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Ritchie, John Fishin in the Findhorn, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
t up and it was quite a heavy brute a head a smile on ma face thi
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Vettese, Raymond Lallans 59 - Raymond Vettese : nineteen poems, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Montrose, poetry
intil swoon by the people’s brute.
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Lawrie, Alistair Caw, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2020) Doric - Stonehaven, prose
himself doon affae his great brute o a horse an awa wi’t in am
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@FaeFoggie tweeted
nd first thocht wis...."dirty brute" ??(2020) search twitter

@cligeey tweeted
It's a fool raa brute o a morning(2020) search twitter
Aye ats turned oot a fool brute o a nicht(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
rm strae, for comfort tae the brute. on page 77

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Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
And I clung tae me rod as the brute start tae run. on page 71

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@peediepuss tweeted
@helenmoncrieff Aye, a brute o a ting! This eens no foond (2020) search twitter

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
o dir enemies, a graet muckle brute o a man caad Goliath, said da on page 23

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Ratter, Peter Da Perishin Nort, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
ohn looked lik a gret glaikit brute. But dat didna maeter tae him
1 matches

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