Citations:reet


 * 1866, Sidney Gilpin, The Songs and Ballads of Cumberland, “Jwohnny, git oot!”, final verse, page 429 〃 (also quoted in works from 1869, 1872, 1946, and 1987) — the quoted text states (on page 427) that the poem is “[th]ere first printed”
 * Well! That’s sent him off, an’ I’s sworry it hes;
 * He med ken ‛at yan niver means hoaf ‛at yan says.
 * He’s a reet canny fellow, howiver I floot,
 * An’ it’s growin’ o’ wark to say Jwohnny, git oot!
 * 1881, Mrs. G. Linneaus Banks & Isabella Banks, Stung to the quick…, page 114 (Abel Heywood)
 * Te think o’ yon poor bairn Cuddy (Cuthbert was least seven years her senior), wha is a down-reet canny chap, gangin yont the seas a’ the way te ‘Mericky,’ wi’ nowt but a bit o’ plankin atween him an death, te say nowt o’ th’ wild beasts an savages, an them twee wimmen lyen abed, wi’ neer as mich as a ‘gude-bye’ te him.
 * 2008, Newcastle Brown Ale, 550ml bottle, reverse label, Fact №4 — “Name” (Newcastle Federation Breweries Ltd., Tyne and Wear)
 * Did yee knar…
 * …The birthplace of Newcastle Brown Ale owes its name to William the Conqueror’s son Richard, who built ‘New Castle’ in 1080 on the site of a Roman fort – it’s a reet royal heritage for a reet canny* beer.
 * * rather frightfully good.