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The word 'riches'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
richesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.12320
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh 12.5 2 2
GLA - Glasgow 9.1 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 5
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 88.3 1 1
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region) 18.2 1 1

Occurrences of riches in Corpus

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Orkney

Hall, Simon W. Bonny Isle o Sanday, (Brisk Northerly 2016) Orkney, blog
This isle is a vast table o riches spread beneath the northern s
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Elphinstone Institute Aiberdeenshire Cooncil – Scots Leid Guidelines, (Aberdeenshire Council 2017) Doric, government
wi Tobar an Dualchais/Kist o Riches tae gie oor skweels an commun
1 matches

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
jannie's neuk is aye a kist o riches o Scots. https://t.co/RwEhhJD (2020) twitter link

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Whaur we cam fae: the Pechts, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
, the Pechts gied us a kist o riches in terms o archeology, airt,
1 matches

(South) East Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 74 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
lls us aw aboot the ‘Kist o Riches’.
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Wi spoken riches,
1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Much mair sensible. She hus riches tae gie, on page 113

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
pment o whit we nou cry human riches, it is explicitly said that g on page 20
sowl in return fer success an riches. This wis widely believed ama on page 117

2 matches

Edinburgh

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
Riches mair nor mind can pictur,
1 matches

Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
n. Bit it wis eclipsed by the riches that were supplied fur him wh
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Intae the Snaw, (Gatehouse Press 2015 ISBN: 978-0992857370) Central, poetry
Honour an riches ah've chase't lik fleetin clo on page 15

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
O mairit poverty in a laund o riches. on page 45

1 matches

Ayrshire

Wilson, Rab Lallans 70 - Carnegie, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
If you could hae taen yer riches aa tae Hell
1 matches

General Central

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
Riches mair as minds can jalouse, Wh on page 6

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
commend takkin a swatch o the riches o Scots resources bi gait o w on page 61

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
y o seein jist whit a wheen o riches he contributit. Wildlife and
1 matches

Duncan, Robert The Oor-Wulliefication o Scots?, (autumnvoices.co.uk 2022) Central, blog
a decent Scots that mines the riches available in the DSL – a Sc
1 matches

@LairnScots tweeted
ebsite, a wee treasure kist o riches: https://t.co/WouFmpIrqk http (2021) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
an noo folks treesure the riches on page 32

1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Riches, passion niver mine on page 14

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
tha Loard belangs, An aa it's riches stored. on page 69

1 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
ha wull trust yis wi tha true riches o Haiven? If ye cannae be tru on page 97

1 matches

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