A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'brur'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
brurOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.1273
ORK - Orkney
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 31.1 7 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 100.5 20 2
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 brur 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.

West Central

Shoor Caan, Angus Tasteless, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Saltcoats, prose
Ma brur phoned me, it wis a quarter p
nae huv tae gerrup tae it. Ma brur ay waants tae ken who's playi
ri taxi driver came in wi' ma brur an' 'e's burd an' sat doon' i
d jist huv tae blether tae ma brur an' 'e's burd 'cos A'd loast
. A right enjoyed watchin' ma brur an' 'e's burd gerrin' right i
7 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
a scheme years ago n his big brur Tam is the tap man. Obviously on page 8
y knows Big Kenzie is his wee brur's hero n it's an easy shot, s on page 10
'Ma big brur wid smash you if he heard you on page 11
e boys, that's fuckin Taz, ma brur's mate. on page 17
n a year elder anaw. His big brur, Matty, is the tap man doon t on page 18
Also on pages 21, 25, 30, 46
15 matches

Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
junkie bastart blagged ma wee brur’s bike. He only just goat i
pposed tae know it wis ma wee brur’s bike? Ah wis pished.’ A
n tae him? Ye mean cos ay yer brur’s bike an that?’
his the cunt that knocked yer brur’s bike or no?’ ah sais.
ark cos you said he stole yer brur’s bike. Made us feel shite
5 matches

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