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The word 'rag'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
ragOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.52422
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 11.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.2 4 4
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 27.1 5 5
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.7 5 4
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 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) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of rag in Corpus

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Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
a rag doll an a widden boat thir on on page 117

1 matches

Shetland

MacInnes, Morag Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Shetland, poetry
rawer, let alone cradle. No a rag o claes. on page 21

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
irrage wi pans an dishes an a rag-bug fir dressin-up. Imaginati on page 21

1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
e haun it tae aat muckle loon Rag ‘n Been Min fa reinvented hi(2019)

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 75 - The Petrol Tanker, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Doric, prose
Bit that wis jist lik a reed rag tae a bull. “Aye, bit there
1 matches

General Northern

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
eethairt, he rade oot wis his rag-tag o reivers tae spulzie the on page 51

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
A haid a bit rag-oot ower hes donnert weys, an
1 matches

(South) East Central

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
JESSIE: Weel, gie me a rag or somethin. Hurry. Is he...? on page 63

1 matches

Clark, Sara Indyref 2: Aulder, Wiser, Kinder, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
auld has healed, some red-top rag or anither will dredge up the
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Pet-gilante, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
n the coort pages o the local rag. Three days efter the paper c
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@kennethbryce184 tweeted
e retweet this - ur a legend rag time lol https://t.co/htRfn9y (2021) twitter link

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
haun. “D’ye dae this for Rag
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
the Caterpillar, loassin the rag. "Explain yersel!" on page 43

1 matches

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
t tae me is like showin a red rag tae a fuckin bull. 'Abi rip y on page 11

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Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
Oan the Rag(e) on page 12

1 matches

Geraghty, Martin A Bad Sport, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
wi it. ‘Here’s yir dirty rag back, soldier, it isnae fir m
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
l oot the jerry can oan tae a rag an removin an cleanin the spa
1 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
loss the rag on page 54

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McGregor, Iain Lallans 79 - The Ratton, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
eegit! A wis juist takkin the rag!" on page 80
"You'r ettlin tae tak the rag oot o me agane!" on page 81

2 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
Boys-fur-rags A tuik tae mean rag and bone men but A wid be gle
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@Chazzbat tweeted
's t-shirt luiks like an oily rag. #Corrie(2020)

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Wi' greasy rag and bib and brace on page 40

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
the face an bodie wi a linen rag an watched wrinkled newborn f on page 33

1 matches

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