Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

ruddy	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	2.7	3.5	0	0	11.6	0	0
Number of occurrences	9	7	0	0	2	0	0
Number of authors	7	6			1

Occurrences of ruddy in Corpus

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Central

McDowell, Diane Drummond (Ma's Bairns), (Independently Published 2021 ISBN: 979-8592734588) Central, prose
the Lord, he thocht... whit a ruddy mess! Tweedy wis the seicont on page 1

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
pauchle wi it unless ye're a ruddy watchmaker or somethin. So wh on page 17
ortensia said, 'is actually a ruddy muckle cannon bool on the end on page 104

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
lithe but muscular body, the ruddy cheeks, the glintin een were on page 89

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Wi misted ee an ruddy neb, on page 2

1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
rkin, be a newcomer. He wis a ruddy, middle-aged Uighur wi a pawk
1 matches

Connor, Bailey A SCOTS HORROR STORY, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
on the wimplin path, with her ruddy curls fleein behin her.
1 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
da sun mair ruddy on page 64
mi ruddy trapple on page 109

2 matches