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The word 'ra'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
raOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus12.94211
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 137.4 31 3
NEC - North East Central 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 353.4 4 1
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards) 51.2 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of ra in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
t comes fae Banff an sells ye ra'an Kippers, lemon sole an hee on page 15

1 matches

General Northern

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
h like it. (Bruce sings) 'See ra pyramids alang ra Nile, on page 40

2 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Fir a nicht or twa (Ta-ra) on page 132
FIT LIKE, TA-RA on page 147
ame, ye better believe it. Ta-ra.) on page 192

28 matches

@cligeey tweeted
Ats turned oot a fool ra June nicht noo(2020)

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
e intae thae enemies. You are ra champion!" on page 3

1 matches

(South) East Central

Clark, Sara Scot Free -The Psychic Cost O Uisin Scots, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
it bi a teacher for sayin "Ta-ra" insteid o "Goodbye", or been
1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
An ins-pi-ra-tion-al story! on page 146

1 matches

General Central

@Angela1Sinclair tweeted
safe an en we kin awe dae awe ra hings wi wur plannin. ????(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
Ra morra she says A can go wi th on page 45

1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
Comes thon ra, rivin screch on page 24
On ettlin ra? on page 53

2 matches

Fenton, James The Lade, (Ullans Magazine 2001) Ulster, prose
e coles, swem aff in a babbin ra, the day, jumpin an squaverin
n ither thochts, sheddas yit, ra, half-shapit, wur joinin, roo
2 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Dornan, Stephen Ode Tae 2021 , (twitter 2022) Ulster - Comber, poetry
enaries ended wi “Up tha ‘RA”.
1 matches

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