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The word 'brussels'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
brusselsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.62812
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 1
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 153.1 14 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.6 3 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 4 3 3
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 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of brussels in Corpus

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Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
For a weel paid man in Brussels kens more nor you an I, on page 87

2 matches

Mid Northern A

Goodall, Phyllis J. Berryhill, (timberford.demon 2000) Doric, poetry
Fae Brussels ower the fame."
1 matches

Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
Brussels on page 13
pily nae few an far atween in Brussels. If ye wad like tae save time on page 14

14 matches

General Northern

@72redz1903 tweeted
Scots/Doric worked for me in Brussels a good number of years back w (2022) twitter link

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 116, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
IN Brussels, an amendment for linguistic
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
roo for Lesser Uised Leids in Brussels gied a hail-hertit walcome ta
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 86, (self-published 2001) Central, newspaper
ne a delegation gaun ower tae Brussels tae lobby a better dale for t
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
d neeps and carrots, an mebbe Brussels sprouts or cabbage. An it wis on page 56

1 matches

Edinburgh

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
es, the horsehair cootch, the Brussels cairpet, a limn o Queen Victo
1 matches

Glasgow

Eunson, Catherine Freude, (The Scores 2020) Central, poetry
plus belle place du monde in Brussels.
1 matches

General Central

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
ses, the horsehair couch, the Brussels cairpet, the lithograph o Que on page 6

1 matches

Waddell, John Lallans 58 - fower poems bi John Waddell, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
An Brussels sprouts, an sic-like stuff - on page 62

1 matches

@billykayscot tweeted
eans Fiona & Fabrizio bide in Brussels surroondit bi French, English(2020)

General Ulster

Ni Chuilin, Caral Roadin furtae Bring Forrits an Graith tha ULSTER-SCOTCH Leid, Heirskip an Cultur, (Mannystrie o Fowkgates, Airts an Aisedom 2015) Ulster, government
, tha like o in Waashinton an Brussels. on page 47

1 matches

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