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The word 'braces'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
bracesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3108
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.4 1 1
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 65.7 2 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of braces in Corpus

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General Northern

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

(South) East Central

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

West Central

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

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

Dundee

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

Edinburgh

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

General Central

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

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

East Antrim (Larne)

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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