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The word 'aaricht'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
aarichtOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus11.73916
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 17.4 3 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 13.1 4 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 24.4 10 2
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 14.4 11 5
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 41.8 3 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) 107.1 3 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster 28.4 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of aaricht in Corpus

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Shetland

Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
ndisms in English writin, bit aaricht ta pit Anglicisms in Shaetlan
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Tochts fae Tushie Truncherface: Sky high fuel prices maks trows lie low, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
“Weel, dey’ve cast dem aaricht, but dis daek is braaly skave
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Froggy smoorikins, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
“Du can say dat aaricht,” I lached. “Dat’s laek
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Hutchison, Pat Mrs Clushet o Faaldydykes, (McStorytellers.com 2018) Doric - Banffshire, prose
y tae reassure her athing wiz aaricht and at a haafcroon for ilka c
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
better see if her neebour wiz aaricht but something stoppit her fae
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Bulletbroo, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
kirl oot o it so that bit wiz aaricht. The lassie lay pechin wi the
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Tabby Sooker, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
he next few weeks things wint aaricht. I’d even managed tae fool
1 matches

General Northern

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
aaricht for us anaa. An mind it's fin on page 27

1 matches

Storrie Lewis, Jean Lallans 71 - Snuffy, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Doric, prose
Weel, that wis aaricht, but gey aften he got muddelt
1 matches

(South) East Central

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
"Naw, ye're aaricht. The cooncil hiv gien her a h on page 24
ontae the lead an I'll see ye aaricht." on page 25
sh is deid, darling, but it's aaricht, he went tae gerbil heaven ha on page 60
Aaricht, Ill get some string. (Pause) on page 67
we'd come so I kent they'd be aaricht. I'd taen the bairns roond th on page 71
Also on pages 74, 77, 87, 89
9 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
h: that kin o system micht be aaricht for lairners, but that can be
1 matches

West Central

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 104 - Stephen, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, prose
h in the gloamin. Weel it wis aaricht fur him, gien he wisnae real on page 13

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
'Aaricht Bhoy!' says Tam, 'Juist come on page 87

1 matches

General Central

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
the thocht belyve. It wad be aaricht, she telt hersel. Her an Jean on page 19
. His sentences wad stert out aaricht, but bi he wis hauf-roads int on page 30
s he haed spiered 'Will we be aaricht?' she wad assuir him that she on page 31
is is me, tellin ye that it's aaricht.' Whan she wis throu wi't, he on page 32

6 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
'Ah'm nae a bairn! Tell me.' 'Aaricht, gie me a braith. A battle, a on page 14

2 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
elay will yet brack oor hopes aaricht. on page 24

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 56 - In The Classroom, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
e was buskin it again the day aaricht. on page 37

1 matches

Tait, John M Lallans 63 - Expository Scots (2), (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
s wi plural nouns. This works aaricht in McLellan’s kintra tales,
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

@StuartPoet tweeted
reenshots so's ye can read it aaricht Ah howp https://t.co/V2TVAH2O(2020)
lly Aye there's a renaissance aaricht, fae government doon tae gres(2020)
HaversCo @OorVyce @LairnScots Aaricht, tea snortit oot through neb (2020)

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
days, tae mak sure Wullie wus aaricht. She aye brocht a bit o dinne on page 15
"Ir ye aaricht, Wullie? she axt. "Hoo cum ye on page 18
rivin telt me it wus his faut aaricht, an A hae bin on tae tha Coon on page 25

3 matches

General Ulster

@the_gellick tweeted
@poemsprayers it's aaricht - he disnae tweet. Dinnae cl (2015) twitter link