A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

rat's Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.5 3.1 1.5 0 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences86 1 0 1 0 0
Number of authors4 2 1 1

Occurrences of rat's in Corpus

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Central

Shoor Caan, Angus Tasteless, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Saltcoats, prose
Leg a' lamb, rat's wan e' ma favourites an' rat'
wan e' ma favourites an' rat's whit A opted fur. Rat wid dae
rattl't it intae ri oven, an' rat's whin a noticed rit a couldnae
iced rit a couldnae talk, an' rat's whye ri leg a' lamb didnae he
came in tae luck fur Muggins, rat's whit 'e cries ri wee dug, an'
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@iainnicol tweeted
re a Tory MP. You dinna gie a rat's erse aboot fowk suffrin.(2020) search twitter

Doric

@fittiecrooners tweeted
y rubbery meat! Like eating a rat's backside! Nae that aff tried (2018) search twitter

Shetland

Tait, John M Lallans 58 - Sheltie Prattle an da Blue Lowe (a Pantomime) , (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, prose
ui wis oagit oot fae anaeth a rat's crang, an scrimin ower da wat on page 35

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