A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

brain's Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.5 3.6 1.5 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences87 1 0 0 0 0
Number of authors7 6 1

Occurrences of brain's in Corpus

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Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 68 - The Fower Jyners o the Apocalypse, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
'll need a brain lik mine. Ma brain's a Steinway an his brain's a k on page 26

2 matches

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
A pray that ma brain's gonnae gie me a break; on page 12

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
bags. Thanks, ah said, But ma brain's pickult as it is. Borin basta on page 169

1 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
ger. A'll hae tae sit doon Ma brain's gettin addled under this moon on page 41

1 matches

Letford, William Bevel, (Carcanet 2012 ISBN: 978 1 84777 192 6) Central - Stirling, poetry
r eyes ur like windeez an yur brain's gon naywhere
1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
rker @Rainhandss @BBCDomC Yer brain's existence is a myth(!) ??(2020) search twitter

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
cud help ye wi yer wirk. Yer brain's aye young enuch. Ye shid bi m on page 50

1 matches

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