Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'breid-an-butter'

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Use in varieties of Scots

breid-an-butter	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	2.8	9	4
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	13.3	3	1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow	18.2	4	1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders)	12.5	1	1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)	31.4	1	1
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 breid-an-butter in Corpus

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General Northern

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
, "ye'll aiblins tak tent o a Breid-an-butter-flee. The wings o't are scrim on page 43
l in a fusper at sounit like "Breid-an-butter, breid-an-butter," an Ailice on page 63

3 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
cup in wan haun an a piece ae breid-an-butter in the ither. "Beg on page 108
ot ae his teacup steid ae the breid-an-butter. on page 109
a week ir so-an whit wae the breid-an-butter gittin that thin-an the twink on page 110
r went oan, "Ah cut some mair breid-an-butter-" on page 111

4 matches

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
wi a teacup in yin haun an a breid-an-butter piece in th ither. "Ah beg pa on page 110

1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
helpt hirsel tae some tay an breid-an-butter, an thin turnt tae the Dorrmo on page 73

1 matches