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The word 'rear'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
rearOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.93323
ORK - Orkney 29.8 3 2
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 19.6 6 4
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.2 2 1
WCE - West Central 17.8 4 4
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 2
GLA - Glasgow 35.2 7 1
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 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) 71.4 2 2
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of rear in Corpus

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Orkney

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Back o Costies bringan up the rear. on page 87

2 matches

Hall, Simon W. Lands o Twatt, (Brisk Northerly 2018) Orkney, blog
ning like a green wake in the rear-view mirror o the tractor. Si
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
S up the rear on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
d Joyce, studyin ersel in the rear-view mirror es Morrice gied e on page 40
munuge te find it again? Your rear-eyn's gat mair ripples then t on page 44

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
wirk's needin touchin up; yer rear bumper's trailin a bittie; ye on page 69

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
Kilrogie Mains takkin up the rear, pitten blindfolds roon the e
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Bulletbroo, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ly weer the TOS bunnet at the rear; in the trenches ye’d tae w
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General Northern

Wood, Evelyn Tales Fae The Doric Side - Carlo, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
crowd o young lads tak up the rear. Miracles happen. The second on page 29

1 matches

Maitland, Andrew Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Auld Mannie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
ck tae the lanky loon tae his rear, a puzzled luik oan his face. on page 76

1 matches

(South) East Central

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
Then at last, bringing up the rear, on page 26

1 matches

Muir, Glenn Ozsome, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
ffies at her. Yin clipped the rear on the broomstick causing it
1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
ither gied a wave through the rear windae, but the ither twa nev on page 232

1 matches

Hardie, George Lallans 76 - Tammy an the Cheese Plant, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
wey it aye seemed ti rear up whaniver Ah went near it.
1 matches

Clark, Thomas Scots an the smit: a language unner lockdoun, (Bella Caledonia 2020) Central - Bellshill, blog
no auditionin for a pairt in Rear Window, here. Every noo an th
1 matches

Philips, Cally Wha's feart o' the library?, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Turriff, prose
ront an’ me takin’ up the rear. Wi’ ma shoes oan.
1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
An’ pain in ma rear end!
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
is jaicket, an heidit for the rear. She follaet him, pu’in on
1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
gettin taewards the Broomloan Rear, where McDade sais we’re si
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
radiatin oot fae the massive rear projection screen in the corn
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Just Another Minute, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
hrough the open doors tae the rear at the hall, worn doon in the
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
cynicism ay adulthood yet tae rear its heid.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
Starin intently at the rear-view mirror, another motor ap
1 matches

Bennett, Peter TA Hauf an a Hauf, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
huv their ain gairden to the rear, wae the lower wans huvin wan
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
The cunt at the rear: fat tadger wae a vintage, Ru
1 matches

Ayrshire

Macdonald, Amy Evelynn and Peter, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Ayr, prose
ance, Ah could see her in the rear view mirror wi the nurse hold
1 matches

General Central

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
Tae rear his wee wean !' on page 11

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Mither left tae rear the wean on page 17

1 matches

Armstrong, Kate Lallans 58 - Herman Und Dorothea, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
Rear them oor best maun we, lettin on page 43

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
well an Douglas retire ti the rear, near the palace gates.) on page 35

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Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
An rear ma thrangs o weans away on page 6

1 matches

Thompson, Mark Address to a Nintendo DS, (Ullans Magazine 2012) Ulster - Ards, poetry
But sit on his rear-enn an play
1 matches

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