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The word 'rn'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
rnOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.4187
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 40.7 7 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central
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)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster 80 8 2
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of rn 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.

Shetland

Jamieson, Robert Alan Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
k'it still sookit wie'it's bærn's moo on page 19

1 matches

Jamieson, Robert Alan Lallans 58 - Eicht poems bi Robert Alan Jamieson, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
Sjörlie Guid's æn bærn, on page 27

1 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
/gaɪzər/ (guizer), /dəmoɐrn/ (damoarn) on page 23
eɐ /beɐrn/ (bairn) on page 24
b voiced bilabial stop /beɐrn/ (bairn) on page 26

4 matches

Jamieson, Robert Alan Metadist Metafir, (Shetland For Wirds 2007) Shetland, poetry
sjörlie Gød’s æin bærn,
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
e Mam's bedroom, smilin as Ah rn a han ower the saft silkyness on page 79

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
this sicht, that she had tae rn back intae the wid, for fear on page 44

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
Wi white het i'rn firm in the pincers' clesp, on page 21

1 matches

General Ulster

North South Ministerial Council Twa Thoosan an Six - Twalmond Fynnin, (Ullans Speakers Association 2007) Ulster, government
esydentèrs feckfu, fur pattèrn 'Yaise yer een an vóat on page 3

1 matches

Ni Chuilin, Caral Roadin furtae Bring Forrits an Graith tha ULSTER-SCOTCH Leid, Heirskip an Cultur, (Mannystrie o Fowkgates, Airts an Aisedom 2015) Ulster, government
trie, an geographie fur pattèrn. on page 27
t tha lear shaidin, fur pattèrn wi mair ootpit frae tha Boord on page 29
eirskip an cultùr, fur pattèrn, throch ootpittin vaigin musi on page 31
strie an geographie fur pattèrn. on page 34
eirskip an cultùr, fur pattèrn, throch soartin thaim wi vaig on page 35
Also on pages 50
7 matches

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