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The word 'brook'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
brookOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.8227
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 110.4 19 4
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
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 1.3 1 1
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) 88.3 1 1
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 brook in Corpus

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Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
im as far as dey wid geng, an brook aff a coarn o da aedge wi eve on page 52
Da Hat-makker brook braeth first. "Whit day o da on page 70
Da Hat-makker brook in: "I want a clean cup; lat on page 75
"I never said I didna!" Alice brook in. on page 97
ch aboot lessons," da Gryphon brook in, as if dat wis da end o it on page 98
Also on pages 100, 106, 113, 119
9 matches

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
ad an whan he'd gien tanks he brook it an said, 'Tak dis. Dis is on page 143
a bread an blissed it. Dan he brook it an haanded it tae dem. An on page 153

2 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
rie kishie, an whin dey wir a brook a waar at cam up ipo da nort on page 7
gadderin waar. Whin da first brook a waar wis cassen up eftir de on page 10
"My dear, whin da neebirs brook in an fan her lyin in a coma, on page 44
gie, I just wiss ..." An shü brook doon again. I held her, feeli on page 48
An shü brook doon again. on page 61
Also on pages 93
7 matches

Priest, Ena Bonxie Geo, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
. Eftir a peerie start da sea brook up whit wis left o’ da boat
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
Fan the wird brook oot - freens he'd nae seen f on page 15

1 matches

General Central

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
I'll brook nae mair criticism. on page 32

1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Soaked A sprawl in tha icy brook on page 48

1 matches

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