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The word 'ratton'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
rattonOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus17.8597
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 10 2 1
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 70.9 54 4
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 ratton in Corpus

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West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
and rowsted, 'Ye look like a ratton wi a tail comin oot its heid! on page 107
skliffin his feet, the way a ratton micht creep awa fae a tarrie on page 114

2 matches

Glasgow

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
ten feet awa fae a ratton on page 20

2 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
ssage, no muckle bigger nor a ratton-hole: she courit-doun an luik on page 11

1 matches

General Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
ce on my planet bides an auld ratton. I hear him at nicht. Ye can on page 41

3 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
Tae Mr Ratton, Mr Mowdie - on page 159

1 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
'Crivvens?' said Brock. 'It's Ratton!' on page 61
That pit Ratton's gas at a peep. He papped aw on page 63
'Ye're poachin!" skraiked Ratton. 'Pit that doon the noo! Ther on page 65
nd yer ain business! skraiked Ratton. 'And if you muckle donnert g on page 66
Ratton stood on his heich shelf and on page 71
Also on pages 72
15 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 79 - The Ratton, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
The Ratton on page 78
le. A mingin weel-kent stew o ratton pish, mocht mait an foostie c on page 80
A sattlet masel doon. The ratton sattlet itssel doon, an oo ba on page 81
! A wisnae. Hiv a leuk it yon ratton's stanes, thare sizes o twae on page 82
cuid. Wis A droonin this braw ratton jist cause A laith rattons? ' on page 83
Also on pages 84
32 matches

Fitt, Matthew The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Wee Story Aboot Love, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
Up sweemed a muckle ratton that guairded the drain. on page 77

3 matches

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