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Use in varieties of Scots

rae Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.6 6 3 9.9 0 0 0
Number of occurrences1512 2 1 0 0 0
Number of authors11 8 2 1

Occurrences of rae in Corpus

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Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
oun ower Fraunce. Ye wad need rae flee tae Fraunce in ae meenit on page 27
'It is a braw thing rae hae haen a freend, even gif y on page 77

2 matches

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
ither and the ither sows used rae croon an auld sang o which th on page 6

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
hike a tigress stalkin a wee rae-deer. Rupert suddenly became on page 142

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
rae keep oot the cauld.' Yet gie on page 117

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ie oan a Saturday before gaun rae the bookies fur a flutter and on page 40
me around the back. Ah'm glad rae huv a distraction. The years on page 45
cross tae bear, she wis guid rae me, ah hink, lookin at Cathy on page 115

3 matches

astrothsknot The Auld Man O Jerah, (archiveofourown.org 2018) Central, prose
yon smith it Tullibody, Davie Rae’s wife and the Miller at Me
“Davie Rae’s wife, Janet Coklay didnae
2 matches

@billykayscot tweeted
streets bi her pals. “Netty Rae’s gettin a man’s bosilla”.(2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
or n a hauf then am poppin up rae ma uncle jimmys at mayfield f (2020) twitter link

Doric

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
s muckle as I can dee tae see rae] fowk in iss licht!" on page 92

1 matches

@cligeey tweeted
Alex piggin Rae what an insult(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Brown, Moyra Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
John Rae, a huge deid man, wae a gun a on page 29

1 matches

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