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The word 'braakfist'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
braakfistOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.1135
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 39.2 12 4
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of braakfist in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
me an Zoink geid doon fur wer braakfist, appairintly yea cood ait eis on page 41

2 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
Aifter a fine braakfist o ham an eggs Beannie tellt L
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
had ae i' these beauties fur braakfist - a great stairt tae the wik(2017)
e sneaked oot fur a McDonalds braakfist! https://t.co/kV0zpFfyT1(2018)
, ah hope the geets brocht ye braakfist in flechie an then treated ye(2019)
Shh! Ah had the builders big braakfist butty fae #Morrisons an ah’m(2020)
he tortoise enjoying his morn braakfist lettuce. Fit’s the #Doric fu(2020)
and 3 other occurrences.

@FaeFoggie tweeted
rinkling o sugar and ca'ad it braakfist.(2020)

General Northern

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
farm shop near Fourdon for a braakfist. A fair plate fae like.(2019)