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The word 'marra'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
marraOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.12012
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 22.9 7 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 1
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 13.7 3 3
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 8 6 3
SEA - South East (Borders)
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)

Occurrences of marra in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
knuckle beens Big beens foo o marra He said "Iae get this birn ha on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
settee, aboot sterved te the marra. Wi'd frozen pipes, windas fr on page 86

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
in fir wiks - frozen te the marra bi aat caal North-east win. on page 21

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
the verra warp an weft o its marra an smeddum.
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
Bit yer nae, are ye? Yer the marra o a scraggit herrin”
on the stage luikin the verra marra o the picturs
aside her, wis her verra marra.the dubbiest, clortiest foosh
3 matches

(South) East Central

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
a commeisioun frae ma auld marra. He hed coft an auld warks i
is, at ye, Maistres, luik the marra o yeir
2 matches

West Central

Kirk Jn, Albert Whit, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
Ma marra cuid crack lik yin o wur ain:
1 matches

Glasgow

Durie, Nick Votin Seestems, (peffers50.freeserve 2003) Central - Glasgow, prose
gif yon gits aneuch votes tae marra the quota fir thair saet on t
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
fae inside, racin through the marra ay ma bones like electricity,
1 matches

Bratchpiece, Neil The Wee Man Ft. Leo - Parliamo Glasgow, (YouTube 2014) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Izzata marra on yer barra clava?
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
stamack, broth stock frae the marra-banes, an a grand lamb-stew. on page 57

1 matches

General Central

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
ma maik, ma marra, siccar an strang. on page 55

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 73 - Historical Lexicography and the Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1700, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
personal appearance. This is marra wi and reinforces DOST's exis on page 17

1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
Inglis fowksang, at hae na+e marra at the present time. We hae g on page 56

2 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 63 - Auld plain Scottis, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
ation. Gin this style, an its marra, Biblical Inglis, had lestit
is tae gie the problem wird a marra as ane o a pair o synonyms, t
2 matches

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