A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

braces Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.7 4.5 1.5 0 0 0 8.9
Number of occurrences129 1 0 0 0 2
Number of authors9 7 1 1

Occurrences of braces in Corpus

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Central

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
e an diverse, belts, buckles, braces, on page 26

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ween her . toes: they wur lik braces made ae plasticine stuff an t on page 12

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Diary o a Wimpy Wean, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785302145) Central, weans
heid o me, and he's gettin is braces nixt week. on page 7

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
he street gat green and white braces and said tae me in the garden on page 10

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
t pearly whites after years o braces. 'Thanks, Aunty Cathy!' she s on page 7

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2020) Central, prose
etween her toes: they wur lik braces made ae plasticine stuff an t
1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
o the wird for suspenders or braces, gallusses.
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Wee Roge Boobs, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
kward paddelin’ turns an’ braces. Eventually Jenny capsized, A
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@Brian_Pacey @ajmc1066 omg no braces - kin u still get them lol (2021) twitter link

Doric

Coutts, Pete Belhelvie, (bandcamp 2016) Doric, poetry
He braces an prepares himsel’ tae try
1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
un, woollen troosers, leather braces looped aroon his poakets. "Fr on page 11
nneth Higgins strapped up his braces afore takin his piece frae hi on page 28

2 matches

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