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Use in varieties of Scots

broons Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.7 9.8 7.5 9.9 0 10.3 8.9
Number of occurrences2819 5 1 0 1 2
Number of authors14 8 3 1 1 1

Occurrences of broons in Corpus

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Central

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
Rob Roy. Braveheart an The Broons, The Tartan Army, qualifyin, on page 77

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
s, blues, greens, yellaes and broons. on page 31

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
or Mary, Bairn o Broons, on page 84

1 matches

Evie OOR WULLIE’S SEASON’S GREET, (Largs Writers Group 2015) Central - Largs, prose
Ah did get an invite tae they Broons’s Christmas Crackers play a
rful. Thur wis a smashin epic Broons poyum fae Kate which let a fe
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS nummer 109, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
The Broons Annual - DC Thomson
1 matches

Fenton, Janet A Guid New Year tae yin and a!, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central, blog
ung, frae Burns sangs tae the Broons, "michty me!" and Stewart's h
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 147, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
at can read Oor Wullie an The Broons shuid pit a tick in the "Read
at can read Oor Wullie an The Broons haes the abeility tae write i
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 149, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
iversar o Oor Wullie's an The Broons' hamecomin tae the Sunday Pos
first appearance alang wi The Broons in 1936, it wis at a time whe
hers an aw, Oor Wullie an The Broons gied thaim thair first inlat
3 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 175, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
wisnae ony Oor Wullie or The Broons. Wis thare ony o us that misf
the Oor Wullie Annual an The Broons Annual taen year aboot in hel
2 matches

Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
€™ways got Oor Wullie (or the Broons, they cam’ oot alternate ye
wis ca’ed the Bairn, in the Broons. Ah laughed then, bit ah blam
ingwall, apart mebbe from The Broons an Oor Wullie, bit then thatâ
3 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 101, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
. Efter aw, Oor Wullie an The Broons haes been gaun thair dingers
1 matches

Duncan, Robert The Oor-Wulliefication o Scots?, (autumnvoices.co.uk 2022) Central, blog
Oor Wullie (tho I prefer The Broons – ‘broun’ was the form
1 matches

Doric

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Like Oor Wullie or i' Broons on page 88

3 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
Yird hid nane o the greens an broons o the picters. The lift o Yir
1 matches

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
baws thÂ’n Crystal fae Bugsy Broons (ahem, appairintly) lately! #(2018) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
'd aalways fancied joinan the Broons fur a spot o Sunday lunch, on page 57

1 matches

Southern

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
er fir Beano, Oor Wullie, The Broons...(2020) search twitter

Ulster

@MarkThompStuff tweeted
a Scottish crafts seller with Broons items. The seller is loving B(2019) search twitter
Donaghadee ayeways has Broons or OorWullie annuals https://(2019) search twitter