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Use in varieties of Scots

brittle Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.2 2.1 4.8 29.8 0 0 0
Number of occurrences104 3 3 0 0 0
Number of authors8 4 2 2

Occurrences of brittle in Corpus

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Central

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
tane froze solid an were ower brittle tae split an dress. An gin he on page 81

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
e. And ah kin almost hear her brittle bones creakin as she turns ro on page 140

1 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
toffee-brittle on page 49

1 matches

Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
fur? The dish aa dessicatit, brittle, never served.
1 matches

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ie album an read the article, brittle an discoloured wi the passage on page 63
e sheet o paper, tarnished an brittle wi time. An syne his hairt wi on page 94

2 matches

Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
st o the trees here are deid: brittle tombsteens that dinna mak for
1 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
stones - and braak a brace o brittle bones. on page 75

1 matches

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Thur faethurs are brittle white against on page 67
eemin wae gall stones an owld brittle hip bones try on page 98

2 matches

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