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The word 'ryan'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
ryanOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.32712
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
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 17.7 4 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 22.8 9 3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 13.7 3 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 97.3 7 2
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 ryan in Corpus

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Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Of coorse hid's me, no Ryan Gosleen, on page 35

1 matches

General Northern

@72redz1903 tweeted
be next tae go for millions. Ryan Duncan may be next efter him (2022) twitter link
d decisions. Perfect example, Ryan Christie, great touch but dec (2021) twitter link
rtsoy magician, fit a player. Ryan Christie is perhaps similar a (2020) twitter link

@beast_afc tweeted
Looks like Ryan Jack his teen a bite. ???????(2020)

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 168, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
iggar taen the third prize wi ryan's auld man's oot o saughton,
ryan's auld man's oot o saughton
2 matches

Lamb, Darcie T in the Park, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Kirkcaldy, prose
Me, ma Maw and her boyfriend, Ryan, wur aw gaun. A wis pure sing
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@adam_warricker ryan flanagan lol (2021) twitter link
lip side a hope both yersel n ryan enjoyed ur games today cos i (2020) twitter link
egative - thank feck fir wee ryan fraser (2021) twitter link
re defo - played weel 2 nite ryan n u were never offside big ma (2020) twitter link
highlights package - cheers ryan (2021) twitter link
and 1 other occurrences.

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
"That's Ryan Flanagan's new band, the whis on page 3

3 matches

General Central

@billykayscot tweeted
ee former @dundeeunitedfc gem Ryan Gauld win the player of the y(2020)

@changed_days tweeted
@Baldy_Barisic31 He's nae Ryan Jack, calm doon BB ???? (2021) twitter link

South East (Borders)

@jamie_ginger tweeted
nneglenxox nice way ti put it ryan(2012)

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
moister - Grab yersel a Loch Ryan oyster! on page 77

6 matches

Ross, Derek Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
stern een up the lenth o Loch Ryan, on page 201

1 matches

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