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The word 'governor'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
governorOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.4116
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
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 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 4 3 1
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
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
SYN - Synthetic (no region) 54.5 3 1

Occurrences of governor in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

@DoricPhrases tweeted
h’m the new Bank o Engurland Governor an ma first ruling is tae jai(2019)

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
glish occupation. The English Governor o the toun, Selbie by name, w on page 23
twenty had tae report tae the Governor at the castle. William sneaki on page 24

2 matches

General Central

Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
nd that brak oot in 1542. The Governor Jeems Hamilton erle o Arran h
eems Stewart wis appyntit the governor o the kinrik but haed tae war
ueen Mary’s men until a new governor, the erle o Morton, inbrocht
3 matches

South East (Borders)

Purves, David Lallans 59 - Five Poems frae the Chinese o Po Chu-I, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
e wes a mandarin an becam the Governor o Chung-chou, a ferrawa steid
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
Fear and tremble barbarian-governor on page 45

1 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
t daen whan Quirinius wus tha Governor o Syria. An iveriebodie wus h on page 71
yeir, Pontius Pilate wus tha Governor o Judea, Herod wus tha Tetrar on page 73
wer tae tha pooer o tha Roman Governor. These yins that wur spiein o on page 104

3 matches

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