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The word 'brigs'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
brigsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.81914
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 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 10.1 4 3
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 25 4 2
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 4
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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) 51.2 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of brigs in Corpus

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North East Central

Heather, Alistair Rin throu the jungle, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
cross for maist o us. Aa the brigs haed been dinged doun tae sta
1 matches

(South) East Central

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
brigs dimoleished, an the war nae l
nes aince birled ower michtie brigs, ti jyne aw the ceities o the
2 matches

McFarlane, Ishbel Time tae mairch oot o oor climate comfort zones, (The National 2019) Central, newspaper
rebels is shuttin doon roads, brigs, oaffices aw ower the warld,
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
diversity. They're gey aften brigs atween different cultures an
1 matches

West Central

Clark, Thomas Till Houletgless an the Soond o Money, (The Scores 2018) Central, prose
ll had lang syne burnt aw his brigs in the burgh, an wi naewhaur
1 matches

Edinburgh

Sneddon, Duncan Lallans 83 - Biggin Brigs – Nummer 3: Cornish, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
Biggin Brigs - Minority Languages Athort on page 107

2 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
he airn Borders - the broken brigs, the blockit passes, the mile
n they were sleepin oot unner brigs, whan Rongye wis juist a bair
2 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Intae the Snaw, (Gatehouse Press 2015 ISBN: 978-0992857370) Central, poetry
The brigs are twinty-fower the nicht, a on page 34

1 matches

General Central

Philip, Andrew Lallans 70 - Fower Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, poetry
wuids that kent nae craiturs. Brigs ower tuimness and yon muckle, on page 55

1 matches

Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
at cried its kirks kirks, its brigs brigs, an its braes braes, ev on page 14

2 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 59 - Review Lang Syne in the East Neuk o Fife, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
ggin o the Forth and Tay Road Brigs: 'Efter a storm there wid be on page 54

1 matches

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
op on the muckle weygate that brigs Detroit wi the
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
er bits, heid aulder tae, new brigs here noo owre whaur ma bits y on page 77

1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Brigs in tha air on page 52

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
oats trip-trappin ower wuiden brigs when Harry an Gary are at the
1 matches

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