A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'ri'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
riOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus35.91155
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
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 5.1 2 1
WCE - West Central 496.5 108 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 41.7 3 1
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 ri in Corpus

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Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
ed postalveolar fricative /dəri:ʒən/ (dereeshion) on page 26

1 matches

(South) East Central

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
Gí us ilka dé úr ri¢tfu fendin.
An ðe mi¢t an ðe glóri,
2 matches

West Central

Shoor Caan, Angus Tasteless, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Saltcoats, prose
ae xmas day. A cannae pinpint ri exact day whirr it wis xmas e
day whirr it wis xmas eve ur ri day afore sin' ye tend tae ru
key dinners in the run up, sa ri last 'hing A waant tae sit do
oan xmas day is turkey wi' aw ri trimmins; no' whin A'v gote a
xmas eve moarnin' an' coatit ri leg a' lamb in it afore A win
62 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Afore we hud ri telly, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Saltcoats, prose
e. It musta been afore we hud ri telly, a wis mibbes seevin yu
seevin yur auld an' a wis in ri kitchen wi' ma uncle Toamy an
musta ta'en r'ur two oot fur ri day, urwise ri hoose widda be
day, urwise ri hoose widda been lit Bedlam.
jiner tae trade, wis fittin' ri kitchen units an' ma faithur
42 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
Wi’ ri auldest brurr’s burd
A wint intae ri kitchin an’ switched oan th
2 matches

Glasgow

@johnstone_shane tweeted
ole" is back oan thi scene by ri wiy. Rapid. (2021) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
Ochone a ri ochone a ri, it's the time has come for t on page 77

3 matches

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