A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

breaks Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.5 5.8 3.2 9.9 5.8 0 8.8
Number of occurrences1711 2 1 1 0 2
Number of authors14 8 2 1 1 2

Occurrences of breaks in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
weed that cushions its arse n breaks its faw. A see ma opportunity on page 15

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
te. Course it hits the grund, breaks, staggers me. Bluebottle's go on page 1

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
even hud a chance tae put the breaks oan. She's wearin a thick, go on page 4
ny ah thought ah knew, and it breaks ma heart. on page 36

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Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
dead laid back ... long lunch breaks, siesta time, nippin in and o
chits and get on. As for tea breaks, forget it. You can go intae
2 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Gaspin, ma heid breaks the surface again, the freezi
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Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
. Ah didnae gie a shite if it breaks. Ma life’s oan the line.
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Philips, Cally Gonnae No Dae That, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Turriff, prose
ur bluid, an’ that puts the breaks oan the deeper levels o’ oo
1 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
n or Portugal*) there were wi breaks ootside (nae roof) or parasol(2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
funny how kelty aways get the breaks - never fails lol (2020) twitter link

Doric

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
Bidin awa: City Breaks on page 1

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@DoricPhrases tweeted
Save 15% off Short Breaks, Spa & Beauty booked before 2(2017) search twitter

Orkney

Hall, Simon W. Lamborghini: Cult o the Bull, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, blog
with two eleven minute coffee breaks and one hour for lunch. The G
1 matches

Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
t just killed a dunlin and it breaks my peerie heart :((2013) search twitter

Ulster

Ullans Speakers Association Nursery Rhymes for Weans, (Ulster-Scots Agency 2008 ISBN: 978-0955791697) Ulster, weans
Whun tha brench breaks thon credel wull faa on page 28

1 matches

Dee Har Tha Broon Troot, (Facebook 2020) Ulster, poetry
As he breaks tha surface,
1 matches

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