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The word 'ruits'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
ruitsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus13.14223
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 15.3 6 2
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 25.1 4 3
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 26.2 2 1
LAL - General Central 22.7 17 10
SEA - South East (Borders) 49.9 4 2
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) 54.5 3 1

Occurrences of ruits in Corpus

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North Northern B (Caithness)

Manson, John Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Doric - Dumfries, poetry
Lyan pu'd up bi the ruits on page 122

1 matches

General Northern

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
seepin sap its ruits on page 3

2 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Loch Skeen, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
tap an haudin tae the heather ruits for sauftie. The path
1 matches

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
Hou the stumps and ruits grew there Millions o years s on page 24
Oor farin, the ruits we howked. On oor luves an sl on page 41

2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS nummer 109, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
irfore be maistlie frae gress ruits. That's the pynt A wantit tae
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 147, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
ot that hidnae quite shed his ruits. As the remit o this piece is
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 176, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
him closer tae the onleuker's ruits, in this case Scottish anes.
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
it deeper intae ma maimrie an ruits wi the tools o various Scots
1 matches

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 76 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
eratur sindert frae its verra ruits canna be haill, or hae a rich on page 3

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
tear oot his hair bi the ruits, an richtly sweir on page 104

1 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Dalquharter (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2010 ISBN: 978-0-9559-105-6-2) Central, prose
verra auld an strang lede wi ruits howe in the yird." on page 3

1 matches

Sneddon, Duncan Lallans 83 - Biggin Brigs – Nummer 3: Cornish, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
sts an hobbyists an pits doon ruits i the Cornish community, the on page 109

2 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
le tae support life. The bare ruits o antrin win-thrawn trees scr
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
"T've tried the ruits o trees, I've tried bankins, on page 44

2 matches

General Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
aith. Alane by the beuchs and ruits on page 72
her luve lie cauld benon the ruits, on page 73

7 matches

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
aein a bit howkin amang thair ruits, she waled an auld surnem fra on page 28

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 87 - The Neep Lantern, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Central, prose
th agin muckle stanes an tree ruits. This airt wis the ae wey owe on page 22

1 matches

Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
the Scots shawed its Germanic ruits, bein sae sib tae the German on page 6
I'll end wi a story wi its ruits in anither Scots missionary e on page 11

2 matches

Robertson, Colin Lallans 73 - Auld Scots law, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
n sae daein, the link til the ruits becam brukken wi time an the on page 22

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 73 - Proverbs o Hell, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
The rottan and mouse see ruits, on page 82

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
airsion is foumart tracin its ruits in Auld English fúl mearð â
1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 63 - Auld plain Scottis, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
aitin (an Greek) etymological ruits.
1 matches

Duncan, Robert The Oor-Wulliefication o Scots?, (autumnvoices.co.uk 2022) Central, blog
ae reclaim his Scots language ruits.
1 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
on yer hair an hoo ye dae yer ruits wi sic Lang hair?(2020)

South East (Borders)

Purves, David Lallans 67 - The Incomparable Li Po (701-762), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
becum sindert frae its social ruits. Scots is nae langir the leid on page 34

1 matches

Purves, David Lallans 67 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Southern - Selkirk, newspaper
, whaur it seems the aerliest ruits o pictographic language micht on page 5

1 matches

Purves, David Lallans 75 - Gie Us Back Oor Place Names, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Southern, prose
in bairns frae thair cultural ruits – the conter o education.
1 matches

Holton, Brian An Owresetter’s Tale, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Galashiels, blog
hed stertit ti see the Latin ruits o French an hed gotten haud o
1 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
hert awa acause the' haed nae ruits. ther seed faad doon amang th on page 9

3 matches

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