Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'bruisin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

bruisin	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	1.8	6	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
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central	17.8	4	2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	2.6	2	2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
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 bruisin in Corpus

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West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
ody wis clearly cruisin fur a bruisin pretty soon. His wife kent th on page 32
us and ye'll be cruisin fur a bruisin.' on page 128
she'd huv been cruisin fur a bruisin. 'Weel . . ." she said again, on page 150

3 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
t me. You're so cruisin fur a bruisin Campbell, he said. It wis qua on page 169

1 matches

General Central

Waddell, John Lallans 58 - Three Waddins and Fowr Funerals - a monologue, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
m aff withoot drappin them or bruisin them. A keepit tellin him he on page 59

1 matches

@ThonJacobite tweeted
black eye, fractured rib, and bruisin doon ma legs but ah'm a'richt (2021) twitter link