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The word 'brolly'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
brollyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.51510
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
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.2 2 1
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 10 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 7.9 6 3
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.9 2 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
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of brolly in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

@DoricPhrases tweeted
nicht - fit is the doric fur brolly? https://t.co/Cm6XUwxpf1(2018)

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Wee quinie, I'll need ma brolly lookit oot on page 185

1 matches

(South) East Central

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
burghAth its actually isobels brolly n its pink sose a stand oot l (2020) twitter link
Ath the trusty amateur fitbaw brolly - dun the bizz brother lol (2020) twitter link

West Central

Dalgetty, Moira Lallans 104 - The Best Laid Schemes..., (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, poetry
made her a hat with a tottie brolly oan the tap, and she loved it on page 102

1 matches

Glasgow

Smith, Elaine C. The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Totally Princessy Princess, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central - Glasgow, weans
Princess. But she'd nae Royal Brolly wi her or Royal Wellies or Ro on page 10

1 matches

Eunson, Catherine This Winter, (The Scores 2020) Central, poetry
e sma weet, wi a muckle black brolly,
1 matches

General Central

Steele, Gregor Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
Gran skelped her wi her brolly, sayin on page 27

1 matches

@g_hibby tweeted
p aboot 5c the noo.. Take yer brolly if yer going oot, and a decen (2022) twitter link
nature, gie' them a map and a brolly, and tell them tae enjoy... ? (2023) twitter link
here.. :( Dinnae bother wi' a brolly, it'll get turned ootside in, (2022) twitter link

@jax6754 tweeted
ht.......and dinae forget tir brolly eirher as currently chuckin i(2014)
! Just remember tae bring yir brolly or wooley hat fir yir journey(2015)

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
wi yer brolly destroyed and yer breeks hing on page 8

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Here’s the Weather, (Scottish Poetry Library 2017) Central, poetry
wi yer brolly destroyed and yer breeks hing
1 matches

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