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The word 'irn-bru'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
irn-bruOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus1.243
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
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 21.7 4 3
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 irn-bru in Corpus

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Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
straight, then take a swig ae Irn-Bru tae git the taste away. A lau on page 26

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
"Yer curry-flavoured Irn-Bru on page 89

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
street tae the clock oan the Irn-Bru sign above Central Station. T
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Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
d lid ay the gless boattle ay Irn-Bru fae the bucket that’s plank
1 matches

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