A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'brev'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
brevOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.5312
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 972.9 31 2
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 brev in Corpus

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Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
s! They'll think A'm quare an brev at hame! Heth, A wudnae say o on page 9
that!" said Alice tae hirsel brev an shairp; "A'm telling yae t on page 14
a nerra escape!" said Alice, brev an feart at the quick change, on page 20
hard es it cud go, an makin a brev commotion in the pool at the on page 23
aal hir life. Heth shae had a brev lang argiement wi the Lory, w on page 25
Also on pages 26, 27, 31, 36, 40, 42, 43, 50, 53, 59, 62, 63, 65, 68, 70, 82, 84, 86, 92, 93, 97
28 matches

Reynolds, Charlie Krisamas time is draa’in near, (Ullans Speakers Association 2011) Ulster - Coleraine, prose
l hae a gie licht load roon a brev wheen o’ hooses.
a hae a hale lock mair than a brev wheen o ithers.
2 matches

Reynolds, Charlie Tha demise o oor ain tongue, (North Antrim Speak 2010) Ulster - Coleraine, blog
ns/Ulster Scots Language an a brev wheen o them ir agen it. But
1 matches

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