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The word 'roy'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
royOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus17.55613
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 85 26 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern 162.8 1 1
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 94.1 15 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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 42.2 3 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of roy in Corpus

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Orkney

@peediepuss tweeted
think 1968/69 on Fair Isle by Roy Dennis, then FIBO Warden, 4 c(2020)

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Roy's Retirement on page 84
"It's nae jist me." Roy grinned. "The last time wi hi on page 85
"Oh, Roy..." Dot lookit even mair anxi on page 86
Roy gaithert his broos an didna u on page 87
"Aye." Roy noddit. "An it's nae like ma on page 88

26 matches

South Northern

Diansangu, Mae naebdy likes a clype, (Scots Hoose 2021) Doric, poetry
an fan roy walker said
1 matches

General Northern

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
later that I fun oot that Rob Roy's cave in the Burn o Vat, far on page 51

3 matches

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 149, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
ly. 9. Ewan McGregor. 10. Rob Roy. On bein speirt bi Scots Tung
1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
Rob Roy wid beam wi utter glee, At th on page 211

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
ie taen frae frae ‘Coeur du Roy’, a brainch o the Douglas f
1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Appin Murderer, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, prose
nd, it was me! I killed Colin Roy, I watched as Red Soldiers ta
d. Weel, we aw’ ken't Colin Roy Campbell o’ Glenure, wis oa
there wis The Red Fox, Colin Roy directly in ma field o’ fir
e ithirs an’ watch as Colin Roy evict oor folk!
escape noo unseen, when Colin Roy spurred forward tae answer th
6 matches

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Music, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
er the death o’ his partner Roy Williamson an’ wis taken by
A wrote this Song/poem efter Roy’s death in 1990. He lived l
eat an’ the bluidy Guid.” Roy’s death wis announced on th
Roy
Perhaps Roy, a sportsman, would hae agree
9 matches

General Central

Eagle, Andy Lallans 67 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
Katrine tae mony fowk in Rob Roy an The Lady of the Lake wi hi on page 65

1 matches

@DABArbuckle tweeted
ching Blood of the Clans (Rob Roy McGregor). Cannae staun yon N(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
Rob Roy. Braveheart an The Broons, Th on page 77

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
sie, then Lily an then Ken an Roy, but what Jamesina had lost i on page 60

1 matches

General Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
Roy Ferguson on page 2
Roy Ferguson 10/12/2016 on page 9
Roy Ferguson 16/05/2020 on page 14

3 matches

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