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Use in varieties of Scots

ruth Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words42.3 39.3 49.6 9.9 122.1 0 17.7
Number of occurrences13174 31 1 21 0 4
Number of authors24 14 4 1 2 3

Occurrences of ruth 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

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
wonderfu Wee Shoutie (a.k.a. Ruth Davidson) is fer managin tae on page 8

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
'This is Ruth,' he says. on page 6
spend lunchtime wi Harry and Ruth, and they tell me that a lad on page 11
ma luck naw tae huv Harry and Ruth in maist o ma classes. But ma on page 21

4 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
all we hud left after Granny Ruth and Granda Joe oan Dad's side on page 30

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 74 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
Ruth Tittensor haes been a bodie w
Nummer 73. Onie-hou, fairfaw Ruth an hir ecological projecks. W
2 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
“It’s ma dochter, Ruth. A wiss ye ti seke hir out.â€
the strynge pistils frae Ruth. Bot shae wes gied ludgin an
u, an wul hae a ploy ti finnd Ruth bi than A’se warrand, gin A
€™l speir at’m ti finnd gin Ruth is ben the waws o
Napier ti finnd hir dochter, Ruth, at wes tint i the ruther o C
38 matches

Clark, Thomas Radge Against the Machine: Deid Wirds, Deid Warlds, an Why Scots Maitters, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Bellshill, blog
tae hiv some value, is that a Ruth Davidson or a Jackson Carlaw
1 matches

Clark, Thomas Wha's Like Us?, (Bella Caledonia 2017) Central - Bellshill, blog
ter'. For 'Lock her up', see 'Ruth the Mooth'. The mairches, the
1 matches

Chalmers, Aimee Lallans 59 - Joukene Poukerie, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth
Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth
Judges, Ruth. Judges, Ruth.
Ye wuid hae likit tae be a Ruth. Ye’d had tae learn whitshe
Judges, Ruth. Judges, Ruth
8 matches

Muir, Glenn Ozsome, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
o Munchkins (a race o twa fit Ruth Davidson clones).
1 matches

Puchowski, James Frae Norrowa ower the faem, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
n fowk like Scots Tory leader Ruth Davidson, wha also happens ta
1 matches

Durie, Nick The Best o the Baith o Thaim, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
fortun tae hae a collogue wi Ruth Davidson at a soiree ower at
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando Weill, weill, weill, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
Green surge an the emergence Ruth Davidson’s Tories as the ma
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Maitland Quarto and Poem 49, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2021) Central, prose
it mairriage a female couple: Ruth and Naomi, invokin fur the re
as the scripture sayis’ – Ruth’s hecht o ayebidin lealtie,
n the Auld Testament. [‘And Ruth seyed, Dinna entreat me tae l
u and me pairt’, The Buik o Ruth 1:16–17, author’s ain owe
ins alane tae the bond atween Ruth and Naomi; whae, significantl
6 matches

@iainnicol tweeted
n an “as depute I am pleased Ruth Davidson has accepted my requ(2020) search twitter

@ThonJacobite tweeted
Jist saw Ruth Davidson oan the bus. Several(2021) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
rest assured though boris n ruth will guide us tories thru the (2020) twitter link
JakeMoyes1108 a thocht it wis ruth he wis efter - aye ee live n (2020) twitter link

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
o the curtain te see ma pal, Ruth, parkin her aul Mini in the d on page 74
"Yon wee nyaff." Ruth snortit. "Fa wid wint him? He on page 75
t's jist Tarves fir ye," said Ruth. "Fit they dinna ken, they'!l on page 76
e! Ah cudna agree mair," said Ruth. "Tak my pal, Bunty - she's on page 77

28 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
Boaz tae Obed (his mither wis Ruth), Obed tae Jesse, an Jesse wi on page 7

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 73 - Obituary for David Ogston, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric, prose
tyle, tellin us o Meg, Katie, Ruth an the cat. A ministrie in Pe on page 12

1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
tely winna be here. Apart fae Ruth and fit exactly wis the alter (2022) twitter link

Orkney

Orkney Voices Group Gallows Ha, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Ruth's here tae tell you, on page 8

1 matches

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
Ruth 1 on page 17
Ruth 2 - 4 on page 19
Boaz wis smitten wi Ruth an shö wi him bit nedder o d on page 20

10 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
an D still nae wird fae dem. Ruth coodna settle tae onything. I on page 76
dey read letter eftir letter, Ruth's mind gude back tae da Setti on page 77
"It's a different world," Ruth tocht, "Here am I, worryin ab on page 78

11 matches

Ulster

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
bed, an tha mither o Obed wus Ruth. Obed wus tha faither o Jesse on page 1

1 matches

@OrangRuth tweeted
the loudhailer to Harris and Ruth Deadly Backwards(2017) search twitter
k thon quote from the Book of Ruth. I'm a hoor for the locusts.(2016) search twitter

@the_gellick tweeted
ngues tae bate yin anither wi Ruth? (2015) twitter link

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