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Use in varieties of Scots

brakes Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.5 2.7 4.8 0 40.7 21.9 0
Number of occurrences175 3 0 7 2 0
Number of authors10 5 3 1 1

Occurrences of brakes in Corpus

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Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
t first ah thought it wis the brakes ae the bus skiddin but it wis on page 90

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
enit, there wis a skraichin o brakes, and the lift sterted tae sla on page 141

1 matches

Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Fankle, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927459) Central, weans
Saiconds later, Kat felt the brakes on her wormblades comin on an
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
ith an’ Hope, were ay’ ma brakes,
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 5, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
Ah pit the brakes oan him as ah start tae blubb
1 matches

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - The Bigger Hoose, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
r tae the kerb an jams on the brakes. "Ah winna be a mintie, sir," on page 105

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
a charabang, fin the driver's brakes failed. There wis the heich s
1 matches

Harvey, Lewis Crash, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
loose. There wis screeching o brakes and peeping o horns and worst
1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
yun new fokk at's come tae da Brakes hedd a barbecue fur da neebir on page 2
ey fan him, last May, whin da Brakes fokk heard his peerie dug bar on page 3
Da New Brakes Fokk on page 7
h'm lived ta see da day at da Brakes croft is gyaain ta be wrocht on page 9
dem, helpin an guidin dis new Brakes crofters, as dey bring da rig on page 10

7 matches

Southern

@officialAliRed tweeted
green! And aye, they’re guid brakes right enough - erse ower hei(2020) search twitter