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Use in varieties of Scots

rats Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9 6.9 9.6 9.9 11.6 21.9 17.7
Number of occurrences2813 6 1 2 2 4
Number of authors23 11 5 1 2 1 3

Occurrences of rats in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
onds! He says it kills aw the rats an-aw naw!" cried Alice in a on page 23

1 matches

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
ound! He says it kills aa the rats an-ohhh, dear!" cried Alison, on page 22

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
Whaur rats hauf-mad for things tae eat on page 5

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
sorriest sichts iver seen-nae rats tae chase across the green an on page x
Nae rats thir days, jist sorbet ice on page 89
ff doon the back tae kick the rats on page 97

3 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
r tongs. It wis normally like rats' tails, hangin ower ma face, on page 39

1 matches

Goodbrand Saunders, Donald Lallans 67 - Twa Owresettins frae Heine, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
Wae's me for the radical rats! on page 55

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 167, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
ions" or "dinnaes" for short. Rats wis aye kent as "lang-tail fe
1 matches

Paisley, Janet Lallans 62 - The Numpty, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
come hame. The folk here eat rats and drink pee from animuls ca
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
cried Santa, "Hoo big are yer rats?
1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
room an kitchen. Ah hink the rats in the waa huv deid. https://(2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
cos ee kin get the scurvy aff rats lol (2020) twitter link

Doric

Strachan, Shane Tales Fae The Doric Side - Doric Dwams, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
us drookit rats. on page 30

1 matches

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
nests An I'we heard o smoked rats - nae accoontin for tastes on page 15

1 matches

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
ounds! He says id kills all e rats an'-Oh ma michty!" said Alice on page 22

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
airns hid cam in like drookit rats. Ten tin flasks, stoppered wi
1 matches

@fittiecrooners tweeted
hoping this vote wid get yon rats arse tasting "meat" aff the b(2018) search twitter
Gammon finally replaced yon rats chewy liver on the Fittie Bar(2019) search twitter

Orkney

Butler, Vera Gallows Ha - Maggie o Quoys and Bessie o Gyre , (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
ey turned on me like cornered rats. Why, Maggie? Why? They lied on page 21

1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
pound! He says he kills aa da rats an - oh dear, I doot A'm off on page 23

1 matches

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
ion, habitat damage, bycatch, rats and stuff. We're working on i(2018) search twitter

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
ed back tae th wee door; but, rats! Th wee door was shut agin, a on page 19
oun! Hei says eet kills aw th rats an-och nut!" cried Ahlice gie on page 22

2 matches

Ulster

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
O leppin, clattin rats. on page 27

1 matches

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
"Theres rats in thonner" on page 18
"Theres rats in thonner'. on page 19

2 matches

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
ns! Hae says it kills aal the rats an-ugh dear!" gret Alice in a on page 23

1 matches

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