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The word 'brutal'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
brutalOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.12014
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 2
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
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 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee 31.9 3 2
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 13.7 3 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 4
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 41.7 3 2
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 brutal in Corpus

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Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
wind an clood an Lights is a brutal wheel birlan aa aroon the sto on page 157

1 matches

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
brutal future cops, slaves tae invis on page 26

1 matches

Shetland

Nicholson, Hannah Samhain - Usher in the Dark - Scalloway Castle, (Leopard Arts 2021) Shetland, poetry
Athin’ da brick wark. Da brutal earl
1 matches

General Northern

@72redz1903 tweeted
she had tae go, but, that wis brutal tae watch. Herd immunity, PPE (2020) twitter link

@Franwella tweeted
Oo Gary's brutal. He's nae takin ony prisoners(2011)

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
The brutal slayin o Billy McPhee, on page 142

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
rd tae describe the generally brutal conquest, dismemberment an su on page 98

2 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
thi plan wiz brutal, crucial an better on page 43

1 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
Yisterday, a big, brutal ginger ned that I sometimes h on page 2
.happened there? Turn aff the brutal sharp light. The angle ay the on page 3

3 matches

General Central

Crichton, Tam Lallans 84 - Ower the Faem Pairt Twa: Doon the Watter, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
is. It wis sae ... cauld. Sae brutal. on page 60

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 59 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central, newspaper
€™ll need ti lairn an be mair brutal wi the Delete button.
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando The USA: Whit happened tae the Guid Guys?, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
rship wis aften prosectutit i brutal, imperialist, short-sichted w
r process o sowel-searchin an brutal honesty that they wull need g
2 matches

@alistairdunn tweeted
@Kay_Pants Aw it's brutal, near enough see through am t(2017)

South West (Galloway)

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
Eftir a day o brutal heat on page 169

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
They were brutal men on page 22

2 matches

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