Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

breest	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	7.1	2.5	13.4	29.8	5.8	0	22.1
Number of occurrences	23	5	9	3	1	0	5
Number of authors	14	5	4	2	1		2

Occurrences of breest in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
In the breest o Nivermair Castle and Keep, on page 154

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
jersey wis wrapped aroond her breest, fastened wi' a nappy peen an on page 22

1 matches

Monahan Brown, Ricky Eemis Stane 1 - The Mindin, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
aur the jynt attachit tae the breest afore snibbin throu the joint on page 8

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
plump an roon as chicken breest on page 12

1 matches

McKillop, Roger Uprisin' an' Doonfa', (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
As A raised ma heid frae her breest an’ looked intae her kind,
1 matches

Doric

Diansangu, Mae Tales Fae The Doric Side - Exodus20:3, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
feel it, smauldrin, ahind ma breest on page 66

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
s cowboy hat ower the escaped breest an on page 60
e wee black bookie against ma breest, wrestlin fir a meenit wi ma on page 79

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ide o indignation risin in er breest. "Yon hoosie's fine fir jist on page 20

1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
uniform wi his medals on his breest an his sergeants stripes, her
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Bulletbroo, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
n Iron Cross 1st class on his breest and the whores in the 'Vinkle
w Iron Cross 1st class on his breest.
2 matches

Hutchison, Pat Bob the Dog fae the Bog, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
His herty near stoppit in his breest for it wiz Bob the dog back i
1 matches

Coutts, Pete Belhelvie, (bandcamp 2016) Doric, poetry
affa hicht and landed on his breest
1 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Puffan up his feathered breest as bigsy as you like. on page 57

1 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
tle, Muckle Ocklester, Peedie Breest on page 11
Anger builds in her breest - he'll stagger home full o on page 117

2 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
He felt dat tightenin in his breest again, bit dis time he kent d on page 61

1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
he wind blatterin the chimley breest an the uncertaintie o bein sa on page 9
muivin the harmonica frae his breest poaket. "Young Hughie haes yi on page 12
ays forced hir han up tae hir breest yince again. At last they wur on page 30
a low, serrated cry again hir breest. She lay it ower the settle a on page 34

4 matches

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Leigs aa lead, an flutterd breest, on page 36

1 matches