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Use in varieties of Scots

riddy Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words12.2 8.7 30.1 0 0 20.7 0
Number of occurrences3917 20 0 0 2 0
Number of authors19 10 8 1

Occurrences of riddy in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
Dolly whimpers. She's goat a riddy. '"Let's just sit up the back on page 5
n Dolly. She hits another wee riddy an looks doon at her feet. Sh on page 7

2 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
' Mrs Wormwidd said, takkin a riddy. on page 29
her wis stertin tae tak a big riddy. on page 48
"Whit d'ye want? Thon's some riddy ye've got on ye this morn. Ye on page 77
the Heidie. She's taen a pure riddy. She's gonnae mollocate him i on page 124
a tirr that she'd taen a pure riddy and flichters o froth were ga on page 156
Also on pages 227
6 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
id, Ha ha Kirsty's got a pure riddy ah ha Kirsty fancies Mister A on page 25

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
nk aboot it. Oor new boats no riddy yet wiv ainly goat the rowin on page 28

1 matches

Geraghty, Martin A Bad Sport, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
A hit a total riddy at the sight ae a wummin wi e
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s linguistic launscape – Scottish Staunart English and Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
gin yer wantin tae jouk sic a riddy, mak siccar and yaise yer new
1 matches

Bratchpiece, Neil The Wee Man Ft. Leo - Parliamo Glasgow, (YouTube 2014) Central - Glasgow, poetry
You're a grumpy numpty, heavy riddy face
1 matches

@FaetheRye tweeted
@Haggis_UK Big riddy! (2021) twitter link

@pmcm1355 tweeted
a Parliament, must be a richt riddy fir ye tae be proven wrang an (2022) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@LeonRousseau10 ffs - whit a riddy lol (2021) twitter link
in the home end - ffs whit a riddy - n a hud tae hide ahent a p (2021) twitter link

Doric

Innes, Brian P. Tales Fae The Doric Side - Thochts o a Teacher, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
Ill sort iss, you hud the box riddy, bit keep the hens in." Jim s on page 51

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Tales Fae The Doric Side - Mabel, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
hiv bin busy wi gettin aathin riddy, bit it disna mean on page 94

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
e the lavvy - an Morrice wis riddy te go. His knees war shakkin on page 41

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
buttons lookit like they war riddy te ping. on page 58
aye weet in the middle an nae riddy fir pickin. on page 64
Ah wis wirkin, Ah wis nivver riddy te rise an, noo, Ah'm up raik on page 84
fir yer waak, Jack. Aathin's riddy fir the roup an ere's plinty on page 90

5 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ack fussled t'imsel es he gat riddy fir anither busy day in is ba on page 8
"At's me riddy, than." The mannie stuck is h on page 25
ie wis early an he wisna near riddy. on page 37
The twa carers at git ma riddy fir ma bed ir busy newsin abo on page 47
te git aa ma bitties o paper riddy fir a meetin fin Ah saa the n on page 52

5 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
gittin riddy tae gaun oot fir a ride on page 172

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
Wullie got a bag riddy fur iz ta tak ma hoaspital th
1 matches

@d_anderson878 tweeted
been back fae 10th o August: riddy fir oor brak! https://t.co/WV(2020) search twitter

@FaeFoggie tweeted
op o dockin leaves are almost riddy ti harvest. Nae mair wipin yi(2020) search twitter
hae a wee shoppie set up and riddy ti ging. (Am needin a wallpap(2020) search twitter

@_DawnLeslie tweeted
@cligeey Riddy fir action... ?? #dancingshoe(2020) search twitter

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
lauch if there wis a flag al'riddy plunted fae the Duchy o Grand(2019) search twitter

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
Lennox @carol_baraniuk Aye, a riddy is a beamer, baith wirds Ah g(2020) search twitter
eh, Ah wis near tae gettin a riddy!(2020) search twitter