A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

brainwave Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words1.2 1.5 0 0 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences43 0 0 1 0 0
Number of authors4 3 1

Occurrences of brainwave in Corpus

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Central

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
k ower dennir, the host had a brainwave. on page 85

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
Oor Jeannie had a brainwave. Jock thocht it wis a sin. on page 18

1 matches

Geraghty, Martin 378, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
Wait son. A had a brainwave. Mibbe wannae yir pals could
1 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Smootie gengs ta Lerrick, (SCOTS corpus 2003) Shetland - Bressay, weans
Ingrid kent at shö hed hed a brainwave. Aabody luikit plaised.
1 matches

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