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The word 'brexit'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
brexitOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus21.17028
ORK - Orkney
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
ABN - Aberdeen 42 4 2
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 31.1 7 3
DUN - Dundee 212.4 20 2
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 28.9 22 11
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 83.7 6 3
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 58.1 1 1
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards) 71.4 2 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster 85.3 3 2
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of brexit in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
actively reduces xenophobia. Brexit an cultural ignorance ging th (2020) twitter link

Aberdeen

Strachan, Shane DWAMS, (Tapsalteerie 2024 ISBN: 978-1916214880) Doric, poetry
means he would have voted for Brexit? on page 32
avoid onymair spik o gays and Brexit. on page 33
ruining oor country. We need Brexit tae be clear o these foreigne on page 37

3 matches

Morrison Murray, Harold Doric, Historic and Humorous, (Peters and Sons 2024) Doric, poetry
An' noo wi the thocht o' Brexit on page 29

1 matches

General Northern

@cligeey tweeted
oon a blind bend heid on into Brexit(2020)
lans to save the UK min. Your Brexit daft mates are nae listening.(2020)

West Central

Clark, Thomas Radge Against the Machine: Deid Wirds, Deid Warlds, an Why Scots Maitters, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Bellshill, blog
gles on taewarts its nae-deal Brexit, whit language we're shoutin
emes - "strong and stable", "Brexit means Brexit", "I'm very clea
means Brexit", "I'm very clear", "I've sai
3 matches

Clark, Thomas Wha's Like Us?, (Bella Caledonia 2017) Central - Bellshill, blog
i the people. Fae birther tae Brexit tae Trump tae Tea Party, we'v
r aboot referendums. Indyref, Brexit, even AV - when it comes tae
2 matches

@annieones tweeted
e ye wurnae askin folks aboot brexit, that wis remain and leave... (2021) twitter link

@MizLiot tweeted
ae watch Scotland say Naw tae Brexit an get dragged (2021) twitter link

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
rinnin even a burger van? The Brexit referendum coverit up the fac on page 11
clear eneugh in the bourach o Brexit ~ a narrae majority means the on page 32
unfoldin at Westminster ower Brexit the nou cin clearly be unners on page 41
id be a far better place than Brexit Britain, a low-tax, low-pey h on page 51
, an maist importantly wi the Brexit bourach loomin, whither it ci on page 52
Also on pages 53, 54, 55, 77, 79, 91, 92, 111, 117, 140, 141, 144, 146
19 matches

@d_anderson878 tweeted
A div since Brexit. A'm a Scot an a European. ht(2020)

Edinburgh

Smith, Jamie The dingin doun o devolution, (Mak Forrit 2020) Central - Edinburgh, blog
t it means for Scotland efter Brexit proper haes taen place.
s effort will haud gaun efter Brexit.
2 matches

General Central

Thoumire, Elizabeth Makkin a muckle o a mickle, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
ae fivert days o this shilpit Brexit that we aw need tae hae anith
at the verra thocht o a haurd Brexit comin on us, sin I cannae thi
2 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Deid huddies an the Moray Eel, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
t at fae London an in the big Brexit scheme o things, economically
tae British fishin grun efter Brexit. The demand is pairt o the ne
guidelines for the hindmaist Brexit trade talks. It wis the ainly
3 matches

McClurg, Fernando Indytwa?, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
an airlie referendum an whit Brexit micht mean for Scots independ
referendum i the eftermath o Brexit, sayin, as I hae suggestit ma
2 matches

Seth-Smith, Niki Chynge o sum kind is comin either wey, but a vote tae leave wad empooer Europe’s faur richt, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
Sae I gree wi muckle o the Brexit airgument frae principle, as
ynge – thae fowk i favour o Brexit dinna seem tae be able tae im
t happens i the years efter a Brexit vote no ainlie affecks the UK
airtin the UK micht tak post-Brexit, mibbie eventually wioot Scot
4 matches

@Cobradile94 tweeted
un (Article 13), wan tae go! (Brexit) https://t.co/seL8dYJMH3(2019)

@fourmenterian tweeted
hitters getting worried about Brexit. You own it. Deal with it. An(2020)
@wkstott If there's a Brexit the £ won't be on a shoogly (2016)

@IshbelMcF tweeted
an A'm wantin tae write aboot Brexit. Scrievin aboot Brexit wi a t(2019)

@MartinBroon tweeted
“James, you spelt brexit wrang!” ?? https://t.co/UPNb(2019)

@mcfarlane_irene tweeted
jalouse that Larry maun be a Brexit voter. Aiblins he thinks Palm(2016)

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
cs. The same could be said of Brexit voters but w reference to Vot(2020)
out the Union we could escape Brexit: maun we be obligaotry hankel(2020)

@billykayscot tweeted
y power grabs, illegality and Brexit intransigence, ?@joao_kay? is(2020)

@rattlecans tweeted
man Immediately following the Brexit vote, the number of folk from (2022) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
ckle concerns on the £ or on Brexit. on page 8
veesits Gallowa, BREXIT tellt tae get tae fuck on page 21
THE GUID SHP BREXIT CASTS AFF Despedida, la reved on page 77

3 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
hrase big Shug MacDiarmid. An Brexit. Goad. Noo's the time if it e on page 81

1 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Where Dae Ye Catch the Bus Tae Sarajevo?, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
e the “great benefits” ae Brexit, of coorse…
1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Here’s the Weather, (Scottish Poetry Library 2017) Central, poetry
ckle concerns on the £ or on Brexit.
1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Millar, Al Echas frae tha Big Swilly Swally, (Ullans Speakers Association 2023 ISBN: 978-0957666238) Ulster, poetry
Aye a skailin. BREXIT vote, June '16 Drapped a bomb on page 59

1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
It wis Brexit crack at dyke an loanen. on page 40

1 matches

Dornan, Stephen Ode Tae 2021 , (twitter 2022) Ulster - Comber, poetry
An scunnered by Brexit
1 matches

General Ulster

@OrangRuth tweeted
irt video in thon photie. ?? #Brexit #ArleneFoster(2018)

@the_gellick tweeted
re sindert doon the middle on Brexit! Still time tae hae yer say.. (2018) twitter link
intae her heid whan ye hear "Brexit"? (2018) twitter link