A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

brian's Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.7 2 10.5 0 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences124 7 0 0 1 0
Number of authors5 2 2 1

Occurrences of brian's in Corpus

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Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
serk furie, an he hackit thru Brian's host till Ulf, the Hie King's on page 14

3 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
idnae hear enough ae that fae Brian's daughter and the rest ae his on page 62

1 matches

Doric

Abel, Charlie The Press and Journal (Inverness, Highlands, and Islands) - Doric Corner, (DC Thomson 2024) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
atio Hornblower and Patrick O'Brian's Jack Aubrey. Bit sadly, few S on page 25

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
is anely his hauf-sister, fur Brian's Ma hid deed in a caur smash e
s bin bullied bi the lave. In Brian's case, 'twis Auld Joe fa thoch
Brian's sister, Jenny, wis mair sturd
"Brian's here," Neil cried inbye tae J
t an the recipient wis tae be Brian's ain faither, Neil.
6 matches

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
t @TannadiceLad @BBCRadioScot Brian's a guid yin.(2020) search twitter