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The word 'bran'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
branOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.9138
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 30.7 6 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 2
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) 35.7 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of bran in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
An syne wi hid the ane wi the bran an fruit an aa yon roughage. on page 16

1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
ocht ah’d try “healthy” aa Bran fur braakfist. This sclabdadd(2020)

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
The healthy breakfast bran o it, on page 3758

1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
‘Fuckin bran new.’ McDade sais, ‘Fucki
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
e landin. McDade’s wearin a bran new green an white Lacoste tr
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
‘Bran new ma man. Ye know ma mate S
‘It’s sound Stevie. Bran new. Sound man.’ McDade sai
‘Eh, naw mate. Ye look bran new. . .’ ah lie, ‘. . .
3 matches

Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
‘Ah’m bran new.’ ah lie, an staun up t
1 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
ma bran new, deep-layered on page 82

1 matches

@jax6754 tweeted
r info I'll be stickin tae ma bran flakes rhe now as they stop m(2014)

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Lyttle, A. G. Yarns 3 - Lastin Memorial, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - Bangor, prose
in at the guy furst issue o a bran new weekly, dated Saturday, J
1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Tha wife had fun a bran new hoose, on page 42

1 matches

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