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The word 'braa'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
braaOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus18.46014
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 162.7 28 7
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 22.9 7 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 79.8 18 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.6 3 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of braa in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Orkney

Miller, Alison Gallows Ha - Bairns Sang, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
no petticoat or stockings braa, on page 14

1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
o, aye comin peerier, an at a braa speed tö: shö shön fan oot on page 20
n da cost o Breetin you fin a braa twartree dippin-machines ida on page 21
er he could geng, an makkin a braa kerry-on ida loch as he guid. on page 24
. An feth, shö traepit for a braa start wi da Lory, at took da on page 25
wha'll gie da prizes oot?" a braa lock o voices axed. on page 27
Also on pages 31, 38, 40, 42, 53, 63, 64, 87, 100
15 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
h Aald English left. We hae a braa grain o material ithin West S on page 14
a braa twartree quantifiers. Dat can on page 65
Shaetlan haes a braa twartree twa-wird phrasemes a on page 100
ase misunderstaandeens. Der a braa twartree false freends atween on page 105

4 matches

De Luca, Christine Dodie's Phenomenal Pheesic, (Shetland For Wirds 2008) Shetland, weans
HALE DAY. ‘Shö could ös a braa coarn o dat,’ Dodie said as
1 matches

Johnson, Laureen Saands o Maywick, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
been a lang weet hairst, an a braa strug ta get baith coarn an t
e o a right fishing trip in a braa while.
2 matches

Williamson, Christie Submissions, an keepin on, (damagnifyingless.wordpress.com 2012) Shetland, blog
a send tae dim fur a start. A braa start. Bit hit’s aisier ta
1 matches

Facebook link (I Hear Dee 2021) Shetland - Shetland
aase misunderstaandins. Der a braa twartree faase freends atween

Watt, Valerie A skoit trowe da shops, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
size o mesel an wid tak up a braa bit o room. So I haaled mysel
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Froggy smoorikins, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
erie tadpole. I wis een for a braa start, langer dan usual. Da s
1 matches

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
readin it an it guid on fir a braa start! (2020) twitter link

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
r on my garden list dis week. Braa fine :-)(2014)

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena The Doric Gruffalo's Bairn, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1785300691) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
By Jings! Fit braa! Prents in the snaa! on page 7
By Jings! Fit braa! Mair merks in the snaa! on page 11
By Jings! Fit braa! A track in the snaa! on page 15

4 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ht," Morrice lookit aroon the braa pool wi its cascadin watterfa on page 11
miled an run a han ower their braa new hoose sign. "Freens like on page 33

2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
the pairish, spreidin oot her braa skirts frae the braes at the
1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 82 - Beyond The Pale , (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
n Tommy Duncan's loon bocht a braa racin bike second haan an sta on page 74

1 matches

General Northern

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 81 - Pyntin the Been, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
he ooer or twa sketchin oot a braa cross for Christ. An you, Jam on page 8

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
n ayont. Och, Cheetie! Fitten braa it wad be gin we cwid jist wi on page 14
dle avaa, ye ken. Fegs, fit a braa dafferie it is! Och, but wad on page 32
ye'd like!" said the Queen wi braa gweed-wull, takin a little bo on page 34
said Deedledee Hed spyl't his braa nyow ricket. on page 49
Their faces aa war synit braa, Their sheen like gless did g on page 53
Also on pages 55, 56, 60, 77, 80, 81, 89, 96
15 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 67 - The Road I didna Takk, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Doric, poetry
e tuik the tither, as jist as braa on page 62

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Spikk o the Nor East Leid, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Doric, poetry
, smarrach, clyack, strushil, braa
1 matches

(South) East Central

Malgrati, Paul Ayont the Fake and the Leal: Let's Free the Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
ocht Alistair's video wis gey braa - an brave forbye- an that yo
en some o us say. Aye, it's a braa nummer, but whit kind o Scots
, a Scots Academy. Yon wad be braa, wadn't it? Yon wud shairly m
3 matches

General Central

Mackie, Matthew Guid Mornin! Guid Nicht!, (Tippermuir 2023 ISBN: 978-1913836337) Central, childrens
Weel this tastes fair braa! on page 19

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - Andra’s Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
"Weel, Andra min, this braa forenicht on page 50

1 matches

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