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Quotation dates: 1986-2000
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A'RICHT, adv. also awricht, awright, alricht, aaricht, awreet. Sc. forms of Eng. all right.m.Sc. 1986 Colin Mackay The Song of the Forest 102:
"You dinna want to follow him, son," said the howlat, squinting down at Faidh.
"Aye, I do," said the fox, staring back up at him.
"Awreet then," said the owl, and gave Faidh the directions — straight into the middle of wolf territory.m.Sc. 1988 William Neill Making Tracks 90:
On bieldie ceetie winnock-soles thay bide.
Thay spreckly skellums ken whit's whit aw richt.Gsw. 1992 Ian Pattison More Rab C. Nesbitt Scripts 10:
Awright pal?Cai. 1992 James Miller A Fine White Stoor 138:
'I don't know the paths.'
'That's alricht,' he said. 'There are no paths anyway.'ne.Sc. 1999 Herald 20 Sep 26:
A squad of military police came for him the next day and Geordie heard the bobby threatening them that, if they gave him a beating, he would come after them. "But the redcaps were aaricht."m.Sc. 1999 Christopher Brookmyre One Fine Day in the Middle of the Night 74:
The notion crossed his mind to stand up, turn around, face the pair of them and, say 'Awright, boys? Guess who?' with a big let's-kid-on-we're-all-pals grin, but it passed without action.Gsw. 2000 Ian Pattison A Stranger Here Myself (2001) 136:
'Awright, Rab?' Cotter greeted me like I'd just slipped out five minutes earlier for a packet of fags. 'What do you think?' I said.em.Sc. 2000 James Robertson The Fanatic 84:
Her eyes were wide with terror. 'It's awright, ye don't need tae do anything. Jist watch me. Jist be a witness.'Gsw. 2000 Herald 15 Aug 21:
The provider of ales took a careful look at his pint then came to the conclusion: "Naw, ye're wrang. It's jist that the glass is durty." This seemed to satisfy the thirsty customer who informed her: "That's awright then, hen. Jist as long is the beer isnae cloudy."