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The word 'racket'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
racketOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.42822
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 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern 26.6 6 5
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.3 3 3
WCE - West Central 13.3 3 3
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 2
GLA - Glasgow 20.5 4 2
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 3
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.1 1 1
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)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of racket in Corpus

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Orkney

Hall, Anja Poosack, (Orkney Heritage Society 2010) Orkney, poetry
"Whit's all that racket", I hear dad say,
1 matches

Aberdeen

McDonald, Charlie , (Facebook 2022) Doric, poetry
In fact, mare like a hally racket riot
1 matches

General Northern

Mitchell, Rhona Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Wye it Wis, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
ither time he wis makin sic a racket that the mannie next door com on page 15

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
(Hey min, Fit's 'at racket? on page 174

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Loch Skeen, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
s yon wee baist makkin aw the racket!”
1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
Whit a racket yon motor maks wi the sirens
1 matches

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
nydee72 fit's es rock n' roll racket emanating in man lugs mannie?(2016)

@beast_afc tweeted
ge jools coudnae hiv mixed at racket oot. https://t.co/ZpMAqIFhtZ(2020)

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
m a bit. Scratchy stopped the racket, straightened up but his een on page 1

1 matches

McDowell, Diane Drummond (Ma's Bairns), (Independently Published 2021 ISBN: 979-8592734588) Central, prose
ther bairns war makin a richt racket. The shaw-affs war daein the on page 1

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
doun the pit, he aye had some racket gaun. He had ~ buggeraa ti sh on page 72

1 matches

West Central

Dalgetty, Moira Lallans 104 - The Best Laid Schemes..., (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, poetry
his knee, beltin oot a richt racket - ye coulda heard it in Pari on page 102

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
chair there wis this slorpin racket jist like a hippo pittin its on page 99

1 matches

Connor, Bailey A SCOTS HORROR STORY, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
ony words or poems o’er the racket those weans wir making up the
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
laustrophobia an the constant racket, wis there wis nae place tae on page 50
surprised tae hear a bit o a racket - the Howff was generally a on page 109

2 matches

Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
the sudden, oan its ain, the racket on page 112

1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
oise. Bruce is unfazed by the racket comin fae the road and stoaps
1 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
hisky through thir pores. The racket Is glorious and unsettling. C on page 3

3 matches

Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
e? Wis that you makin aw that racket? Ya bloody clown, ye! Here, g
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
maist byordinar racket gaun on ben the hous-~-a non- on page 44

1 matches

General Central

McGregor, Iain Lallans 85 - Archie Dodds, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
ams skailt oot the tap like a racket-squeeb gaun aff. The bleeze b on page 22

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 87 - The Neep Lantern, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Central, prose
its wrang wi ye? Whits aw the racket aboot?' on page 22

1 matches

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
e than a' thit mingin' maukit racket! Whit dae ye 'hink? Are ye wi on page

1 matches

Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
herd. Cyrano de Bergerac is a racket display o verbal shenanigans,
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
gh there was a maist peculiar racket gaun oan inside - a on page 55

1 matches

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