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The word 'ruth'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
ruthOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus41.513325
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 122.1 21 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 94.8 29 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 140.7 55 5
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 12.6 2 1
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 20 15 6
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 42.2 3 2
SYN - Synthetic (no region) 18.2 1 1

Occurrences of ruth in Corpus

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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

Mid Northern A

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

General Northern

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

(South) East Central

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

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

@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

West Central

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

Dundee

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

Edinburgh

Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
Sang o Sangs wi the Passower, Ruth wi the Fest o Weeks, Lamentat on page viii

2 matches

Glasgow

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

General Central

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

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

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)

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

General Ulster

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

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

Synthetic (no region)

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

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