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The word 'braaly'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
braalyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus13.34411
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 255.7 44 11
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
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 braaly in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
wye shö wis growin. shö wis braaly surprised ta fin at shö bed on page 14
e nearer as dat!" said Alice, braaly gluffed wi changin sae fast, on page 20
is dat uncan, I wid tink it's braaly laekly at hit could spaek: on on page 22
in oot, for da loch wis comin braaly crooded wi aa da birds an ani on page 24
r twartree meenits hit seemed braaly naiteral ta Alice ta fin hers on page 25
Also on pages 26, 31, 52, 55, 66, 79, 93, 109, 113, 116, 118
20 matches

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
ssin. Noo seein dat Jesus wis braaly tired, his freends got aafil on page 107

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Grottie-Buckie and Tirli-Wirli, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997352) Shetland, weans
Noo he wis gyettin aalder an braaly bald. on page 3

1 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
Weel Tammie wis braaly blaet in dat respect, wis niv on page 2

1 matches

Tait, John M Lallans 58 - Sheltie Prattle an da Blue Lowe (a Pantomime) , (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, prose
Da Haa wis braaly dark an mirdin wi fock; an as on page 35

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Dodie's Phenomenal Pheesic, (Shetland For Wirds 2008) Shetland, weans
n apö da dresser. Granny wis braaly fond o gin. Shö wis allooed
1 matches

Johnson, Laureen Saands o Maywick, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
e haein wi da coarn. It wis a braaly busy day, an everyeen lightso
1 matches

Sinclair, James Yarnin, (Shetland For Wirds 2001) Shetland, poetry
Hit’s braaly herd ta fathom, how
1 matches

Priest, Ena Bonxie Geo, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
a wye hame-trow, med him feel braaly blyde dat he wis able tae gee
n coorser. Mansie hed tae act braaly smart if he wanted tae gyit d
we rop an, feelin relieved an braaly prood, he tocht he wid hed fi
3 matches

Isbister, Sonny Caves aroond Shetland, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
Dis cave wis braaly different fae da last een…
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Tochts fae Tushie Truncherface: Sky high fuel prices maks trows lie low, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
dem aaricht, but dis daek is braaly skave,” I said layin a claa
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Back tae trowie schul, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
“Braaly guid. Wir gotten a new subjec
practical subject,” I said, braaly impressed.
2 matches

Watt, Valerie Da secret wirld o Santie’s elves, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
“Braaly weel . . .” I said, no gett
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Trowie time flees an aa, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
me an Meenie’s fower bairns braaly weel. Wir aaldest, Muttontief
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Meenie’s Viking spoon, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
A’m braaly prood o my beard. Should a ri
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Froggy smoorikins, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
comes an adult frog, so A’m braaly lucky tae be here ava!”
1 matches

De Luca, Christine Smootie gengs ta Lerrick, (SCOTS corpus 2003) Shetland - Bressay, weans
Shö waakened braaly aerly an felt hungry. Noises
Fur days eftir dat der wis braaly lang faces at Nicol and Ingri
2 matches

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
Tony’s Chocolonely, wir all braaly late tae da pairty up here ci (2021) twitter link

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
a poor excuse but he’s been braaly stressed oot we his wark enen (2021) twitter link
erobot Thank you. I’m feelin braaly unappreciated enenoo ?? (2021) twitter link
83 Aboot 5 days or so. He wis braaly oot o it tho (2018) twitter link

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