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The word 'ripe'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
ripeOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.93319
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
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 325.5 2 1
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 24.4 10 5
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 14.4 11 6
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 69.7 5 3
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 ripe in Corpus

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Shetland

De Luca, Christine Lallans 58 - seiven poems bi Christine de Luca, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
ta plant or ripe, or redd da skeo du bed in. on page 19

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
The time for a dicht roon is ripe on page 15

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
Bruce wis deed, bit he'd bin ripe fur deein, foonert an fooshio
1 matches

South Northern

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 59 - Raymond Vettese : nineteen poems, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Montrose, poetry
Ripe
the ripe thrust o it aa ...
2 matches

General Northern

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
s i the sin A slawly cam drap-ripe i Yer sheddae coontless clust on page 3

1 matches

(South) East Central

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
t they're soor, they'll no be ripe." on page 10

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
s puss hud turned as rid as a ripe tomatae and she wis nae doot on page 77

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
loaf, a broon bag wi six ower-ripe tomatas, twa cheap pink toile on page 40
Hmm. (Reading)... "Ham is ripe". Weel, he did stink a bit, M on page 68

2 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 59 - In Dispraise o Eden, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
There hinnie-blobs an drap-ripe peers, on page 91

2 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
A pick ripe tomaties jist ae year in ten,
hung doon, aye ripe fur him tae eat,
is ready ripe fur you, ma dear."
is ready ripe fur ye, ma dear.
4 matches

West Central

Connor, Bailey A SCOTS HORROR STORY, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
t roon the lady’s neck like ripe summer plums. And jist as if
1 matches

General Central

Morton, Elaine Lallans 59 - In Dispraise o Eden, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
There hinnie-blobs an drap-ripe peers, on page 91

2 matches

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
ame, and the hay wis nearlins ripe for cuttin. On Midsimmer Eve, on page 6

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
moan!" we cried. "The time is ripe on page 90

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Sic claes as his tae ripe the glaur, nae queen on page 37
There hinnie--blobs an drap-ripe peers, on page 52
Fou ripe for cleckin ill, a den on page 53

3 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
se. Oh, sae saft an roun, sae ripe an ready - the sicht o her h on page 17

1 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 56 - Greenfield the Name O The Pit, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, poetry
whiff 's as coorse as Esau's ripe soor dook. on page 107

1 matches

Facebook link ( 2016) Central
“Spare the green an tak the ripe.” This is a favourite quote

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
rd spare the green an tak the ripe.” Mak o that whit ye like.

South West (Galloway)

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
aller lips sae fu, sae red an ripe. on page 17

1 matches

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
r palms, heady scents, fruits ripe fer the pluckin on page 43
assured that when the time is ripe on page 45

2 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
We are elect an we are ripe on page 63
but leeved tae a ripe auld age, on page 86

2 matches

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