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The word 'ramsay'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
ramsayOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus16.95420
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 78.5 24 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 12.8 5 3
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 37.7 6 1
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 20 15 11
SEA - South East (Borders)
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) 51.2 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of ramsay in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
andwiches an fancies, wis Meg Ramsay, Steenhillock's kitchie deem,
Sally an the kitchie deem Meg Ramsay cried aa the big fowk intae t
the licht September win. Meg Ramsay hid telt Minnie that fin the
Minnie hid telt her ma an Meg Ramsay aboot the bruises she'd seen
he kitchie, an greetin in Meg Ramsay's bosie.
24 matches

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
(A-hah Chef Ramsay) on page 114

1 matches

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - Joco Geordie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
arg wi Scotsoun alang o Allan Ramsay - Allan bein 'The Sorcerer' on page 10

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS nummer 109, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
nae a new wey o thocht: Allan Ramsay was takin the same gate in th
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
anches growin oot ma heid' an Ramsay the Ram (Andy Cannon) that ge
in at the hinneren o Rhona an Ramsay is wordy o watchin oot for!
2 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@robertmdaws that was alf ramsay 2 a tee guys (2021) twitter link

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 76 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
chive o George Philp an Allan Ramsay, at is nou a praicious reposi on page 3

1 matches

Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
Provost Andra Ramsay couldnae haud on page 112

6 matches

Glasgow

Grae, Emma Billy's Ghost Dug, (liarsleague.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
o winnin any points wi Gordon Ramsay, it’s no hauf bad fur a mea
1 matches

General Central

Matheson, Ann Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
ar Green Place', this is mair Ramsay Street nor Barbie. on page 90

1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 67 - William Motherwell (1797 - 1836), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
ither sang-gaitherers, sic as Ramsay, Burns and Scott, William Mot on page 69

2 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - review, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
Dunbar an Montgomerie, Allan Ramsay an Rabbie Burns? Be't sae or on page 109

1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 56 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
ters o siclike screids. Allan Ramsay hissel wrate tae the Edinburg on page 15

1 matches

Philip, George Lallans 56 - Scotsoun Thereanent, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
hinkin on the lang gait Allan Ramsay and I hae traivelt since nine on page 46

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
opular after Burns’, quotin Ramsay and the ane abody kens fae Bu
yer heid hie. We finnd it in Ramsay Poems (1719): ‘Set out the
2 matches

Tait, John M Lallans 63 - Expository Scots (2), (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
g...’ As faur back as Allan Ramsay’s A Collection of Scots Pro
bs, an Tulloch’s verdict on Ramsay an his like is at thay ‘gav
cots enthusiasts haes follaed Ramsay’s example, mair or less (th
3 matches

Falconer, Gavin Lallans 63 - Richt Scots an Pithy Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
mes tae wrutten Scots follaes Ramsay, Fergusson, Burns an the nine
1 matches

wee-windaes Whit is Scots?, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2018) Central, prose
the literary revivals o Alan Ramsay, Robert Fergusson an Robert B
1 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
. I tellt him that while Alan Ramsay micht hae dune weel eneuch fi
1 matches

@billykayscot tweeted
e mind on wice words fae Alan Ramsay - “Guid claret best keeps o(2020)

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Dornan, Stephen The Widenin Sheuch, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Ulster, blog
tt, wha corresponded wi Allan Ramsay, the 18th Century Edinburgh m
1 matches

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