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The word 'rattons'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
rattonsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus10.6349
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 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 43.9 7 2
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 32.1 24 5
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 rattons in Corpus

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North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
on the tap o the midden while rattons run ower Hercules's taes and on page 23

1 matches

Edinburgh

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
ajor wis speakin fower muckle rattons haed creepit oot o their hole
inge for their holes that the rattons sauft their lifes. Major rais
lish craiturs, siclike as the rattons and rabbits — ar they wir f
uestion tae the gaitherin: is rattons feres?’
s gree’d by a majority that rattons wis feres. The’ war juist f
6 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ornin they tried for tae trap rattons amang the rocks. But in the e
1 matches

Glasgow

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
or rattons are invisible on page 20

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
t tae hear but the scrabble o rattons, an she sabs an souchs an hid on page 31

1 matches

General Central

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
ajor wis speakin fower muckle rattons had snuved oot o their holes on page 6

5 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
rattons in the room wi her and snecki on page 14
the byre wi the mice and the rattons. on page 72
tae sleep in the yaird wi the rattons and the mice but there's nae on page 92

4 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
ot, snowkin the air. "There's rattons doon here again, Mrs Beek. I on page 70
'He's coorse, Brock said. 'Aw rattons is coorse. I never met a ratt on page 72

2 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 79 - The Ratton, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
ocht for a whilie it micht bi rattons. Whiles A see thaim in the he on page 79
A laith rattons! Thay war scunnersome baists on page 80
ither. Ma uggsome consait for rattons wis chyngin, leastweys wi thi on page 81
"Naw! Rattons gie iz the scunner!" A said, on page 82
raw ratton jist cause A laith rattons? 'Earthborn companion, an fel on page 83

12 matches

McClurg, Fernando Votin isna Democracy. But..., (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
unnon an aw the ither sleekit rattons accoontable tae naebody but t
1 matches

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