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The word 'richard'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
richardOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus19.76416
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 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.1 4 2
WCE - West Central 32.2 7 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 222.8 17 1
LAL - General Central 41.1 31 8
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.8 2 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 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of richard in Corpus

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Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 85 - The Clash o the Titans, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
, Tyler? Are you referring to Richard Niebuhr's Christ and Culture on page 57

1 matches

(South) East Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
is celebratit in an opera bi Richard Wagner. As the nicht wure in, on page 45

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 178, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
ontack Scots Tung's convener, Richard Heinsar at [CENSORED: phonenu
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 76, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
ae mind an mak thaim oot tae "Richard Heinsar" an no Scots Tung. Th
wir Yule cairds this year an Richard, wir convener an thesaurer, h
2 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ngin aboot wi this guy called Richard that's in wan G cause Chris a on page 163
Clicky's right name's Richard Chambers aka Ricky Chambers b on page 169

7 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
le. And ah eat healthier than Richard Simmons. None ae that process
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ad for a crack wi auld Tammas Richard, a fine Christian, a guid ser on page 25
Janet Richard an John Broun were jyned theg on page 27
ttacked an slain the Reverend Richard Cameron an aicht o his follow on page 40
troopers dragged auld Tammas Richard awa across the moss tae Cumno on page 44
the vyce... It's auld Tammas Richard frae the Mains.' on page 52
Also on pages 53, 54, 57, 61, 69
17 matches

General Central

Matheson, Ann Lallans 84 - Attrition, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, poetry
Richard, wha wis comin oot fur a dent on page 8

1 matches

Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
then Director o Productions, Richard Eyre, in 1970. This wis inten on page 38

1 matches

Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
them spoken tae wis Professor Richard Johnstone
42. Professor Richard Johnstone, in his submission,
50. As Professor Richard Johnstone states in his submi
17 Submission fae Professor Richard Johnstone
) 23 Submission fae Professor Richard Johnstone
6 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
rences tae Cameron and Peden. Richard Cameron, a martyr o the early
kent Covenanters and frein o Richard Cameron.
2 matches

Douglas, Ashley Fur maist o history, anonymous wis a wumman, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, prose
script are attributit tae Sir Richard Maitland – statesman, judge
s: John Maitland (a son o Sir Richard and chancellor tae King James
which wumman. A dochter o Sir Richard Maitland, it is weel acceptit
3 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Maitland Quarto and Poem 49, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2021) Central, prose
. It is linkit chiefly wi Sir Richard Maitland (1496-1586) – stat
Marie Maitland (d.1596). Sir Richard dreed gey trauchlesome eesich
Sir Richard Maitland deed in thon year, a
wi ae dedicatory poem tae Sir Richard and closes wi a wheen elegies
thegither. Forby those by Sir Richard (43), the attributit poems fe
5 matches

Facebook link (Changed Times Historical Novel By Ethyl Smith 2022) Central
n Sanquhar in the same way as Richard Cameron did back in 1680. Thi

Facebook link (Changed Times Historical Novel By Ethyl Smith 2022) Central
On 22nd Jun 1680 Richard Cameron wis caught an killed

Facebook link ( 2016) Central
lot tae read aboot the amazin Richard
338 years ago on 22nd July Richard Cameron, whae wis ane o the m
Strangely enough Richard Cameron wisna even in Scotlan
in which ane o the rebels wis Richard Cameron.

Facebook link ( 2017) Central
This time ah tellt them aboot Richard Cameron, ane o the main Coven

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
1 years ago on 22nd July 1680 Richard Cameron hud his D day.

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
As a colleague an supporter o Richard Cameron whae'd been caught an

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
p (no Spellcheck nae Leonard, Richard or ony ither) on tae: fit a d(2020)

@DABArbuckle tweeted
Watchin Richard 'Lennon' oan the update progr(2020)
Richard Leonard's good lady must hae (2020)
@Hyvast Dae ye no mean Richard Lennon?(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
OOR RICHARD on page 77

2 matches

General Ulster

@OrangRuth tweeted
@RevRichardColes @_F_B_G_ Ian Richard Kyle Paisley would have dispe(2019)