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The word 'brass'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
brassOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus103221
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 19.6 6 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 11.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 1
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee 53.1 5 3
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 27.1 5 3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.7 5 4
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 31.4 1 1
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 65.7 2 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of brass in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
A big, roond brass knob on the handle gaed crack on page 61

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 door o wheech wis a bricht brass plate wi e name "W. RABBIT" e on page 32

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
Gid the fancy brass bell a bit rive on page 15

1 matches

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
so fur polyshen thi copper an brass, an Ov coarse eis weis ayweis on page 5

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
The brass bell abeen the door tingilt e on page 69
shed mahogany affair wi bonny brass hunnels. He gied is heid a sh on page 74

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ished wid an admire the bonny brass hunnles. Ere's flooers aawye on page 22

1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 77 - Anither Time, Anither Place, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
ie frame his landlady hid the brass neck tae ca a bed. Like its p on page 29

1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ds answers I don't have." The brass neck ae the bastard, eh? tell on page 55

1 matches

Burnett, Colin Boris Johnstone, (colinburnett.co.uk 2021) Central - East Central, prose
ers I don’t have’’. The brass neck ae the bastard, eh? tell
1 matches

West Central

Hardie, George Lallans 76 - Tammy an the Cheese Plant, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
an twelve oot o ten for sheer brass-necked leein.”
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
bit instrumental ability an a brass neck). Oniewey, ane o the san on page 70
e wey o it fer years. The top brass an politicians clearly believ on page 121

2 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
As bold as fuckin brass on page 7
Put a handle on it, aluminum, brass or chrome on page 36

2 matches

McKenzie, Roddy Cataracts, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2018) Central - Dundee, prose
g. But yir feet catch oan thi brass rail and thi wine glass in yi
1 matches

Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
forth. The gallus brass Celtic warplan on page 112

1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
a neat wee hoose wae a bright brass plate oan the door an the nam on page 34
ist stairtit "Well, ae aw the brass neck-" when he happened tae n on page 77

2 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
ed up, then bounce in bold as brass. The light closes in around t on page 4

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
e really think ah’d huv the brass neck tae rattle the guy’s d
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
re’s a gaunt lookin, skinny brass monkey walkin taewards us wae
1 matches

General Central

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
he back o his jotter, bold as brass. Fae the looks o it, it's as on page 8

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
h burst oot laughin at Olaf's brass-neck in usin it here. But his on page 75

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
afford tae keep hur. Bold as brass.' on page 63

1 matches

@WhenDidADidny tweeted
h Hoddle on the back, get the brass instruments oot and get done (2018) twitter link

@raiphsays tweeted
e Barreless tae me! Barreless Brass-neck of Cringe! https://t.co/(2020)

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
th door o which was a bricht brass plate wi th name "W. RABBIT" on page 33

1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
the dorr o whuch wus a bricht brass plate wi the name "W. RABBIT" on page 34

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
in hir man's een reserved fur brass instruments an flash motors. on page 11
, velvet curtains tied bak on brass heuks bae thair tassel cords, on page 47

2 matches

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