A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

brakin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5 4.6 10.6 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences169 7 0 0 0 0
Number of authors7 4 3

Occurrences of brakin in Corpus

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Central

Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
he blid rins like the watters brakin on page 40

1 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
aves risin GROUSTIE SEA waves brakin white on page 14

4 matches

Travers, Martin A Nappie Lassie Blethers tae a Fritter, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, script
God kens whit ense. A record brakin bleester sae muckle A'll no b on page 1

1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
time - weill, she didna mind brakin the law a wee bittie, for the
on the wey - an the Chinese brakin in.
aside later as the pairty wis brakin up. “Quhit dis thoo think o
3 matches

Doric

Mitchell, Rhona Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Wye it Wis, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
the railwye, bit it wis back-brakin wark, mendin the tracks. Bit on page 18

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
s a gweed lang wye doun afore brakin thaim aff: an for a filie Ail on page 73
thole!" gowlt Humphy Dumphy, brakin out intil a suddent feem. "Ye on page 78

2 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Brakin in, ere's sweat on his broo.
1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
peats were jist brakin, he wis jist wastin his time.
slid throo the peat brakin it intae little bits. As Jons
aye been a back brakin job. Jonsar Eck didnae mind d
3 matches

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