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The word 'brother'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
brotherOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus88.629431
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 2
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 16.3 5 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 21 2 2
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 585.1 240 5
WCE - West Central 97.6 22 4
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 1
GLA - Glasgow 30.7 6 4
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 9.2 7 5
SEA - South East (Borders) 37.4 3 2
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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 brother in Corpus

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Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
No brother soldiers wae him on page 63

1 matches

Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
came home fae winnan Big Brother. on page 32

1 matches

Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
#CasinoTheGreyt has his brother-from-another-mother over for (2019)

Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
's, ""We welcome thi Morrison brother's, Manson and Danson, as our on page 40

1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
you saw the apparition of my brother?”
We found this along with my brother’s remains. He must’ve bee
fifty years! I can now put my brother to his rest in the family vau
Jessie, saying, “I think my brother Hugh would want you to have t
4 matches

Aberdeen

Morrison Murray, Harold Doric, Historic and Humorous, (Peters and Sons 2024) Doric, poetry
While brother Bill feeds them up for killin on page 13

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 79 - The Tattiebogle, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
ed me a suspeecious look. 'My brother, Annand. What point are you t on page 17

1 matches

General Northern

@beast_afc tweeted
r that lot even if it was his brother. https://t.co/yeGDN24Eo0(2020)
wid be a SWUFBB. UGLY FAT BIG BROTHER(2020)

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
For her brother ... When he died She arranged on page 54
Big Brother and The Weakest Link on the s on page 60

2 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
e doon oan someboady. Her ain brother if yae kin believe it." on page 32
up tae yae like a long loast brother yince they smell a potential on page 40
wae that? Dae yae ken who ma brother is? He's Paul McCann, ask aro on page 146

3 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
His brother, Robert, took ower an pu'ed h on page 70

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
ood), ither (other), brither (brother), mither (mother), sin (sun/s
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
gers @SportsonBDFM good for u brother - sadly a got banned fae bdf (2021) twitter link
- tin bath in the livvy room brother n the carbollick soap tae was (2020) twitter link
aze too - laddies awa wae it brother lol (2021) twitter link
gadgies oan here lol - b oan brother (2021) twitter link
ed n only 5 mins fae ma hoose brother - oh happy days! (2021) twitter link
and 228 other occurrences.

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ae shoes that used tae be his brother's cause she couldnae afford t on page 11
ah don't remember him havin a brother called Ebenezer, on page 58
r an apparently she's ma da's brother's daughter. She's your pure d on page 67
accordin tae Charlene her big brother knows him dead well. on page 75
gainst the lamp post. Her big brother, Barry, wis there anaw an thi on page 80
Also on pages 82, 105, 169
14 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Brother John on page 56
Brother John nods, an knowingly smile on page 57

3 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2020) Central, prose
ae shoes that used tae be his brother’s cause she couldnae afford
1 matches

Percy, Ely The Family Situation, (The Interpreters House.org 2020) Central, prose
Kelly Campbell’s big brother’s gettin married this Satur
Kelly Campbell’s wee brother’s in ma wee sister’s clas
2 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Cantsmell, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2020) Central, prose
his mornin, Cantsmell’s wee brother’s class wur in there choosi
1 matches

Philips, Cally Gonnae No Dae That, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Turriff, prose
in a’ they fancy magazines brother. Try an’ look in the kin’
1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger Uprisin' an' Doonfa', (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
pite Young Loch Eil an’ his brother’s shouts tae “Hold your g
wy’! Dr Archie, Locheil’s brother, telt us how he widnae listen
2 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
'Your big brother's a fuckin busy man. Think he on page 10
'Mate A think your big brother's Pinocchio. That big fuckin on page 11

2 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
k the close at work. Maggie's brother works at Central Station and on page 4

1 matches

Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
e seyd. “Where’s your big brother gone?”
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
murky depths by Bambi’s big brother. A deer - the maist placid,
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Arabian Monkfish (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
‘Fuckin too right ah um, brother. Whit ye intae? Some fuckin h
1 matches

General Central

Donovan, Anne Gone are the Leaves, (ISIS 2014 ISBN: 978-1445099262) Central, prose
ed the steward and my auldest brother assisted him, while my mither on page 3

2 matches

Annand, J. K. Lallans 75 - Yule, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, weans
I’ll borrow my big brother’s,
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Hieroglyphics and Other Stories - All that Glistens, (Canongate 2004 ISBN: 1841955191) Central, prose
think lik that. Donna’s big brother Jimmy wanst tried tae explain
1 matches

@Angela1Sinclair tweeted
@mathie_dan Ma brother wiz a big fan an wid hae thum(2020)

@Chazzbat tweeted
no Ah did watch the first Big Brother, but Ah cannae mind onyhing f(2020)

@rattlecans tweeted
@DominicMHinde Ma big brother did that. Don't think he quit (2022) twitter link

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
t the samen tyme is Mark, his brother, bade i the middle hoose. A
thar, whar ma muther an hir brother, ma umwhile uncle Adam Elliot
2 matches

@officialAliRed tweeted
far), I’ve lost a sister, a brother, an uncle, a friend (who was (2020)

South West (Galloway)

@StuartPoet tweeted
s TJ. Hope Day One in the Big Brother and Sister Hoose passed witho(2020)

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Logan, Liam Thon Ulster Scots Book, (Galdanagh 2014 ISBN: 978-0992881405) Ulster - Dunloy, prose
coverage the same as say "Big Brother" or "A'm A Naeb'dy, Resurrect on page 46

1 matches

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