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The word 'ribbon'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
ribbonOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.52114
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 18.4 4 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 9.3 7 5
SEA - South East (Borders) 25 2 1
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 ribbon in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
rked the place wi a lang reid ribbon. Syne he hirplit back doon ag
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
hydro pylons aneth the furlin ribbon o steel an glaiss that wis th
1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 75 - The Petrol Tanker, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Doric, prose
was weerin a byordnar bonnie ribbon in her hair she looked affa d
1 matches

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
An feenished it wi' a ribbon on page 97

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
onnen her finger wi a linth o ribbon. on page 66

1 matches

Gray, Kath Lallans 63 - Aikey Brae Fair – 1962, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
gan. Ye tied it on wi a bit o ribbon an ye thocht that this wis e
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
s big bronze medal wi a yella ribbon that said on it, on page 15

2 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2020) Central, prose
s big bronze medal wi a yella ribbon that said on it,
an smiled an then she pit the ribbon ower ma neck.
2 matches

Edinburgh

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
She haed taen a piece o blue ribbon frae Mrs Cameron’s dressin-
1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part one of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
threatens tae break through a ribbon ay clouds above us, partially
1 matches

General Central

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
She had taen an orral o blue ribbon frae Mrs Jones's dressin-tabl on page 6

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
lang hair wis fankled up in a ribbon tae haud it oot o her een. Vi on page 3
n she fankled her hair up ina ribbon tae keep it oot o her een, it on page 111

2 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
rple flooers. There's a white ribbon wi 'Friend' written in gold l on page 112

1 matches

Steele, Gregor Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
(It wis a tartan ribbon, it wis ridd and blue and gre on page 10

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Wee Story Aboot Love, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
bonnie white muslin wi a blue ribbon ower wan shooder. In front o on page 71

1 matches

astrothsknot The Auld Man O Jerah, (archiveofourown.org 2018) Central, prose
r bag, A left yon fir ye. The ribbon in yir hair, A left yon fir y
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Yer ribbon now displays on page 54

2 matches

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