Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'brake'

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Use in varieties of Scots

brake	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	5	16	12
ORK - Orkney	29.8	3	1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	9.8	3	3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern	8.9	2	2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	2.6	1	1
WCE - West Central	4.6	1	1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh	6.3	1	1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire	26.2	2	2
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)	176.7	2	1
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster	14.1	1	1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of brake 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.

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
The clutch, the brake, the throttle and, of coorse, on page 7
ottle at the same time as the brake. on page 8
The brake pads were doon tae the metal on page 41

3 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
Oot brake the ain Abeen the trees on page 15

1 matches

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
irlen Village an a pet on eih brake's tae stoap, fin thi hail fru on page 64

1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Bulletbroo, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
it the horse an pulled on the brake . He lookit roon at the lads a
1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
brake cable snapped fin he stopped.
1 matches

@beast_afc tweeted
is hard tae argue we. Make or brake season for ene of oor own, go(2020)

(South) East Central

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
pit on the brake !
1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Rock Brake wi curly fronds cams creeping on page 16

1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
mait, an hadna patten on the brake richt on a bogey. It brak low
1 matches

Ayrshire

Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
Rock brake wi curly fronds comes creepin
1 matches

Lehane, Matt Mouse Eat Mouse World, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
ham ‘n organs fir brake -fast
1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Thein pruchry brake befaire nicht fall. on page 19
Rhythm brake wull bae yer ruin. on page 29

2 matches

General Ulster

Bennett, Hazel Tha Near Cut, (Ullans Magazine 2001) Ulster, prose
her fit cannielik on tae tha brake o her oul motòr, a Morris Mi
1 matches