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The word 'bridders'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
briddersOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.9196
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 87.2 15 5
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 17.7 4 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 bridders in Corpus

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Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
Da Twa Bridders on page 11
aye foo o himsel an telt his bridders dat compared wi him dey wirna on page 13
David wis takin maet tae his bridders dat wir in Saul's army. As so on page 23
r, 'cood du no send him ta my bridders - ta pit dem richt so dat de on page 125
ta da Fedder. Bit geng ta my bridders an tell dem dat A'm gyaan up on page 151
Also on pages 163
8 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
tak on tae bring up her twin bridders, Alec an George. Dey wir at a on page 4
de ta doit. You coodna see my bridders fur stoor whin dat happened, on page 46
fe at shit wis aye tellin wir bridders aboot in her letters. on page 47

3 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
addressee (øsed wi freends, bridders an sisters, bairns, etc.) wha on page 54

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
o bridders; nor see da faemly lickly on page 93

1 matches

Sinclair, James Makkin Hame, (Shetland For Wirds 2018) Shetland, poetry
Bridders Jamsie, skipper, an Willie wi
1 matches

De Luca, Christine Thule Revisited, (Shetland For Wirds 2007) Shetland, poetry
uncles, bridders.
1 matches

General Northern

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
shak hanns!" An here the twa bridders gied idder a bosie, an syne h on page 49
me an hae a teet at him!" the bridders guller't, an ilkeen cleikit a on page 57
An sae the twa bridders hochl't awaa hann for niv int on page 60
fleggit skraich; an the twa, bridders made their feet their freins on page 62

4 matches

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