A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'reet'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
reetOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus2.586
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 11.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders) 25 2 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)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of reet in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Leuks like himsel's teen reet it the bar," said Winnie, pyn on page 18

1 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
ns o Abraham. The aix is at e reet o e trees areddy; an ilka tre on page 84

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
fit wis wippit roon a tree reet like a towe, raise up an hiss
1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 82 - Beyond The Pale , (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
an aal pail. An that wis the reet o the trouble. on page 76

1 matches

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Lallans 62 - The Numpty, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
my micht be deid,” Ah said, reet sorry like. Weel, she ran at
“Ah hope yer mither’s aw reet,” ah said. “Wid she be in
2 matches

South East (Borders)

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
@RobertMiggins That’s reet! Those other parties and its (2020)
ncock Howay, ye kiddin’, ahm reet?(2020)