A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'bryan'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
bryanOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.6182
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 78.2 17 1
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 bryan in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Johnston, Mary Lallans 81 - A Day at Edinbro Feestival, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric, prose
e Braids ey cry it; her man, Bryan, mun be deein affa weel – M
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
Bryan Allan. Here. Allan Bryan. Here. (Sometimes Bryan Allan on page 46
William McCoy. He's aff, says Bryan Allan. Laura McNish. Here. La on page 47
nne Byres, Tommy Campbell, an Bryan Allan) an the first thing we on page 127
in primary seven, he said tag Bryan, An ma big sister went an gie on page 128
Tommy Campbell an Allan Bryan wur staunin laughin an on page 158
Also on pages 169
14 matches

Percy, Ely The Family Situation, (The Interpreters House.org 2020) Central, prose
talkin aboot, said Karen, Wee Bryan’s ma wee mucker.
PIT BRYAN CAMPBELL ON THE PHONE PLEASE.
t silent fur a minute an then Bryan Campbell Senior musta came ta
3 matches

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