A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

br Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words22.6 2.5 0 0 81.4 0 96.8
Number of occurrences755 0 0 14 0 20
Number of authors12 2 6 2

Occurrences of br in Corpus

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Central

Smith, Jamie O pigs and dugs: what for dae we treat them sae different?, (Mak Forrit 2024) Central - Edinburgh, blog
fund that only 14 per cent o Brítons even kent aboot the wid
1 matches

Smith, Jamie The dingin doun o devolution, (Mak Forrit 2020) Central - Edinburgh, blog
parritch for a while that the Brítish government haes been et
tin us wi a big braid brush o Brítishness, and I dout this ef
nd wad — in the minds o the Brítish estaiblishment, at leas
3 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
no - mans a legend lol b oan br (2020) twitter link

Shetland

Jamieson, Robert Alan Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Shetland, poetry
trampin an brøllin, on page 13

1 matches

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
"Come dee wis, dan!" bröled da Wheen, an Alice linki on page 83
da Gryphon, an da conteenual brölin an greetin o da Mock Tur on page 95
ery swittle, nae föshionless brö, on page 107
o da busy fairm-yard-while da bröls o da kye ida distance wid on page 126

4 matches

Jamieson, Robert Alan Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
Brakk da bried, a drap o brø, on page 14
Dey fann'im atill a bræsin sirkil on page 21

2 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
in tell /tɛɫ/, bigg /bɪg/, brünnie /bryni/. Wi da lang or on page 32

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
brack da bröd fur dem ahint wis, on page 25
brönnies, kirn mylk, saaft scon on page 63
your story, ta brack da bröd o life. on page 100

3 matches

Sandison, Iris Da Tree Peerie Grice, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, weans
ine sweet mylk, a muckle tick brünnie, klyned wi fresh butter
wa upo da coarner o da muckle brünnie.
2 matches

Watt, Valerie Tochts fae Tushie Truncherface: A Hamefarin hero, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
“Dy mam can mak splendid brönnie,” I telt him.
1 matches

Ulster

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
s." Noo aa thïs wus daen tae brïng aboot whut tha Loard haed on page 1
shuin as yis fin hïm, wud ye brïng me wurd, sae as A can gae on page 2
o Zebulun an Naphtali - tae brïng aboot whut wus foretoul b on page 4
k o hell fire. Sae, ïf ye ir brïngin yer offerin tae tha alt on page 5
"Dïnnae be feart, for A'm brïngin yis tha best news iver; on page 72
Also on pages 77, 86, 93, 95, 97, 101, 102, 108
19 matches

Ulster Scots Agency Ulster Scots Census, (census.gov.uk 2021) Ulster, government
Brïtisch Airisch Norlin Airisch
1 matches

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