A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'brand-new'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
brand-newOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus2.895
ORK - Orkney 49.7 5 2
SHD - Shetland
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 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
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 brand-new in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
past ahint is and we'll mak a brand-new start'. on page 52
the duvet cover and me bonny brand-new mat! on page 59
maniacs - there's Jook wi a brand-new Ford - We'll be safer in the on page 64
n openeen fur a 'boffin' in a brand-new company. on page 68

4 matches

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
hae's luckan gaey frisky in a brand-new pair o Derry boots and that's on page 86

1 matches

West Central

Lochhead, Liz Ashet, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Central, poetry
see ma brand-new winterdykes
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ch military sophistication, a brand-new submarine that isnae even ope on page 121

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
r tae live aw his lane in the brand-new touer, a bit like the fella t on page 86

1 matches

General Central

@RickHJohnston tweeted
when oor family moved intae a brand-new corporation hoose. Council Ho (2022) twitter link