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The word 'brakk'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
brakkOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.8166
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 42.5 13 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
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)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of brakk 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.

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
at's a boddamless hol, if you brakk da surface youll plump aa da on page 92

1 matches

Jamieson, Robert Alan Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
Brakk da bried, a drap o brø, on page 14

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
l fowks were taul, 'Ye maunna brakk yer wird; fan ye sweir afore on page 12
n moch etten, an a thief mith brakk m an pinch it. Bit gaither in on page 14
An sorra, lik a swoord, will brakk yer hert an e hodden thochts on page 83
tchin an widna hae latten him brakk in. Haud yersel reddy, syne, on page 103

5 matches

Thom, Bill The Quait Chiel, (Tapsalteerie 2013 ISBN: 9780992663100) Doric - Banff, poetry
A'll brakk yer backs an makk ye coo'r. on page 15
Wull thocht aat it wid brakk. on page 24

2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
'She'll bladd it or brakk,' her ma warned him.
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
mmles o san, syne wyted fur a brakk in the traffic an crossed the
n the daunce till their flesh brakk free o the ledder whangs, an
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
It disna makk a soun tho, an brakk things,” quo Gurr, thochthf
tae brakk bit ay he held firm. Niver hi
them aa aboot his present at brakk time.
3 matches

General Central

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 73 - Waashin Day Weirriors, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
s an pulin thaim sae sair she brakk the claes line. Meg's waashin on page 66

1 matches

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