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The word 'braks'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
braksOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.41818
ORK - Orkney 29.8 3 3
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern 162.8 1 1
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.4 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 2
GLA - Glasgow 10.2 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 4
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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 10 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of braks in Corpus

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Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
see whit's whit a muckle root braks fae the deck o the plant. She on page 153

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Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
an white is hid curls an then braks on page 17

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Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
hir voice fades awae is sheu braks doon, sobban uncontrollably. on page 38

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Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
! Ah widna bi sirprised if it braks athegither." Arthur lookit hi on page 47

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South Northern

Diansangu, Mae Puddock Spittins, (Scots Hoose 2021) Doric, poetry
braks ower
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General Northern

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
an now there braks a curlin spittin on page 19

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Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
I'day braks, yer brithir waks on page 121

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(South) East Central

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Ye're gane, an och! it braks ma hert.
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Edinburgh

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
day that stieve bouk or yours braks doun, Cameron will sell ye ta
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
wi the ither. Thermal organs braks oot in patches: ayweys somewh
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Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
That braks yer back gaein up the brae. on page 45

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Durie, Nick Votin Seestems, (peffers50.freeserve 2003) Central - Glasgow, prose
irlementarconstitouensies, it braks the band wi a Pairlementer an
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General Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
Wha braks its bonnie-die on page 28

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Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
Dawin braks on the day, a thrang o fowk on page 107

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Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
erks. 'We'll be back afore it braks,' seys Skaldie perceivin ma on page 14

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McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 73 - The Pynes o Luve, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
In lanns whaur sunrise never braks the nicht, on page 42

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South West (Galloway)

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
rit the elements poond. Licht braks, nicht faws, loch stauns. on page 52

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General Ulster

@the_gellick tweeted
enshire ana, whaur MacPherson braks the fiddle http://t.co/hsBAiV (2015) twitter link