Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'rank'

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Use in varieties of Scots

rank	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	13	43	33
ORK - Orkney	19.9	2	1
SHD - Shetland	5.8	1	1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)	35.2	1	1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	3.3	1	1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen	10.5	1	1
DOR - General Northern	22.2	5	5
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	18	7	7
WCE - West Central	22.2	5	3
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh	12.4	2	1
GLA - Glasgow	20.1	4	3
AYR - Ayrshire	21.4	2	2
LAL - General Central	13.1	10	6
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)	27.9	2	2
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 rank in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
Wi rank an 'ripened' piggie muck, id on page 80

2 matches

Shetland

Ritch, Paolo A Remembrance Day, (Shetland For Wirds 2008) Shetland, poetry
Laek neem, rank an number;
1 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Manson, John Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Doric - Dumfries, poetry
Rivan rank gress on page 122

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
oncil, eventually reachin the rank o Registrar. She’d loved he
1 matches

Aberdeen

Morrison Murray, Harold Doric, Historic and Humorous, (Peters and Sons 2024) Doric, poetry
a hud noo doon the road, An' rank amon' the rest, An' show the on page 29

1 matches

General Northern

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
At rank's as gweed as guineas, stampi on page 10

1 matches

Chapman, Henry , (Facebook 2018) Doric, poetry
p wis stracht and the heather rank
1 matches

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
ly Sunties screppin in taxi rank, Janet fae accoonts pishin (2018)

@72redz1903 tweeted
uly. There is so much that is rank just now (2022) twitter link

@cligeey tweeted
nt here Canna even fit a taxi rank near the bus station in toon(2020)

(South) East Central

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
The meat wis rank, it fairly stank on page 34

1 matches

Stephenson, Michael Northwords Now 43 - Tao Te Ching 9, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2022) Central - Bathgate, poetry
Whit if ye get the rank ye want, but loss yer sel tae on page 4

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 59 - In Dispraise o Eden, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Nae sourocks or rank tansy sprang on page 91

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
rank lurdan.
1 matches

Malgrati, Paul Ayont the Fake and the Leal: Let's Free the Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
n a national or international rank , Scots necessitats tae bring
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
an exminer can share the same rank as the landed gentry? Lord El
1 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
sell. Really good, chips were rank tho. Cannae beat real chips(2020)

West Central

Philips, Cally Wha's feart o' the library?, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Turriff, prose
e orange claes which wis pure rank , ma brither hud a George Harr
1 matches

Alston, Connor THE BLACK-EYED CHILDREN OF SCOTLAND, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
cover her nose tae avoid that rank smell. (Back tae the child) I
in apart. It smelt absolutely rank . Carol stood in disbelief thi
2 matches

Kirk Jn, Albert Whit, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
An hidnae the rank tae redd up the quirk;
1 matches

Kirk Jn, Albert The Wit o Solomon, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
Strowth, thocht rank auld Solomon,
1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Appin Murderer, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, prose
ut ciste fir ye as befits yer rank . A asked fir the honour o’
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Uprisin' an' Doonfa', (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
e time, the Government second rank opened fire wi’ cannon an�
1 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
s mad pink watter aboot. It's rank as fuck. on page 60

1 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
inside oot man. It was fuckin rank, Ah'd fucking wriggle aboot i on page 76

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
rbage since ah goat in at the rank at the Royal. Maist ay it bar
1 matches

Bratchpiece, Neil The Wee Man Ft. Leo - Parliamo Glasgow, (YouTube 2014) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Drap that rank that, Sack that. Catch that?
1 matches

Ayrshire

Neill, Willie Lallans 61 - Three Tales frae the Brithers Grimm, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Ayrshire, prose
uid in the yae raw in order o rank: the keings, the dukes, the l on page 42

1 matches

Lehane, Matt Red an Black, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
then faa back in wi the rank
1 matches

General Central

Donaldson, Gordon Lallans 90 - Echty-Echt, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
sian general; ye cud tell his rank bi the size o his officer's b on page 36

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 59 - In Dispraise o Eden, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Nae sourocks or rank tansy sprang on page 91

1 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
but lang enough tae smoor the rank stink on page 90

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
tae ken that Coont Olaf is a rank bad yin, first class," Klaus on page 65
"He's a rank bad yin, him!" on page 155

2 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Nae sourocks or rank tansy sprang on page 53
Then Rab will hae an outside rank on page 59
A reuch rank wife wi a coorse crabbit air on page 65

3 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
he RAF in 1936, risin tae the rank o sairgent afore demob in 194 on page 133

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 56 - Cauld Kail Fae Embro, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
." Aw the same, this haes tae rank amang the mair scunnersome at on page 121

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Haddow, Kris nobody remembers the birdman - The Incomer, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
ed, so it was, that ye were a rank outsider. Even the weans wurn on page 78

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
Tacitus' Calgacus, gallant an rank in defeat, is Blind Harry's W on page 17

1 matches