A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

bred Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words12.3 14.1 9 19.9 0 31 4.4
Number of occurrences4028 6 2 0 3 1
Number of authors28 20 3 2 2 1

Occurrences of bred in Corpus

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Central

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
Gawston lass ...I wis born an bred in Muirkirk, but Pve been awa on page 68

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Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
The laddie wis bred in Norrowa tae coortlie weys. on page 14

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Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
aist folk wi sense are better bred on page 33

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Eh wiz boarn an bred in a toon called Dundee, on page 115

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
g fudge doughnut oot the Well Bred Bakery. on page 139

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
ht." The driver, bein born an bred in Edinburgh, wis used tae we on page 81

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ur aw ma lassies are born and bred Catholics, ah tellt them that on page 113

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Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
As I war unco bred o some bleck dor on page 44

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Morton, Elaine Lallans 61 - Twa poems, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Lothian, poetry
As I were unco bred o some bleck dor on page 59

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Scott, Hamish Eemis Stane 1 - Fields o Stanes, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
fowk afore him wis aa lanwart-bred an bidin thare thair hail lif on page 21

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McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
Or went native, bred ginger hottentots: on page 49

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Perrie, Walter Lallans 73 - The Tod an the Stoat, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
te. He girns an wants, an ill-bred on page 54

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Watt, George T. Lallans 74 - Distempered, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
Fit wie hae we bred sic muckle fearties,
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Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
ots is soondit bi folk that's bred up spaekin't.
A wis bred up in the Lowdens spaekin a r
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McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
ural language. I was born and bred and brocht up in a sma Buchan
kkers, who have been born and bred and brocht up in the north-ea
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Neill, Josie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009) Central - Galloway, poetry
LL an Ayrshire lassie born an bred, nou leeves in Dumfriesshire
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Clark, Sara Scot Free -The Psychic Cost O Uisin Scots, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
ectit. Ah'm Yorkshire born an bred.
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Grae, Emma Billy's Ghost Dug, (liarsleague.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
‘Born and bred Catholic like maist folk in T
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McKillop, Roger Uprisin' an' Doonfa', (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
w’! Fir an ungratefu’, in-bred, arrogant, drunken waster! We
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Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
e Thatchers bairns. Born n’ bred. Oppression wis the usual fer
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
been bred - creatit - in slavery, for
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Ewen, Allan Pairt twa: Janus leuks aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
ir lives. This kind o society bred effective social hubs sic as
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Ewen, Allan Pairt Ane: Janus leuks back, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
est aff the apathy an despair bred by generations o disenfranchi
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Doric

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
wid hae disagreed. Fermin wis bred inno him. The Bruces war Stee
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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
luikit, their ain back yairds bred horrors waur nur onythin Afri
s rived apairt war speecially bred in fish-ferms fur the eese o
s, that gart them jalouse men bred wi the breets. Mair wirk wis
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Facebook link ( 2012) Doric - Buckie
buckpool quine born and bred till i was 21 went tae birmin

Facebook link ( 2012) Doric - Buckie
im writing it a doon! Born n bred in Buckie/Sloch. Then worked

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
o sepratist Angles: bred, snod, on page 21

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@peediepuss tweeted
back fae 74 onwards on Rhum. Bred and spread oot fae there, noo(2020) search twitter

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
nking a thing about. My uncle bred budgies and they were always (2020) search twitter

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
a was born and bred in a braw toon in NE. But mov(2020) search twitter
Exactly! a was born and bred in this bonny toon but was ta (2020) twitter link

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
shae didnae want tae bae ill-bred, so shae thoalt it es weel es on page 89

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