A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

brur Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.3 13.6 0 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences2727 0 0 0 0 0
Number of authors3 3

Occurrences of brur in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
a scheme years ago n his big brur Tam is the tap man. Obviously on page 8
y knows Big Kenzie is his wee brur's hero n it's an easy shot, s on page 10
'Ma big brur wid smash you if he heard you on page 11
e boys, that's fuckin Taz, ma brur's mate. on page 17
n a year elder anaw. His big brur, Matty, is the tap man doon t on page 18
Also on pages 21, 25, 30, 46
15 matches

Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
junkie bastart blagged ma wee brur’s bike. He only just goat i
pposed tae know it wis ma wee brur’s bike? Ah wis pished.’ A
n tae him? Ye mean cos ay yer brur’s bike an that?’
his the cunt that knocked yer brur’s bike or no?’ ah sais.
ark cos you said he stole yer brur’s bike. Made us feel shite
5 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Tasteless, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Saltcoats, prose
Ma brur phoned me, it wis a quarter p
nae huv tae gerrup tae it. Ma brur ay waants tae ken who's playi
ri taxi driver came in wi' ma brur an' 'e's burd an' sat doon' i
d jist huv tae blether tae ma brur an' 'e's burd 'cos A'd loast
. A right enjoyed watchin' ma brur an' 'e's burd gerrin' right i
7 matches

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