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The word 'ranger'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
rangerOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus2.276
ORK - Orkney 29.8 3 2
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 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders)
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 ranger in Corpus

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Orkney

Hall, Simon W. Bonny Isle o Sanday, (Brisk Northerly 2016) Orkney, blog
s, such as the employment o a ranger on the island – whose job i
sible tae the public. We join ranger Emma on a scheduled walk roon
2 matches

@peediepuss tweeted
e in the best o hands wae the Ranger service so Brian would very k(2020)

General Northern

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
fleein' air. The usual Daily Ranger click bait. https://t.co/SgeO(2020)

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
e bastard sees ah'm no a long ranger. Aw his self-confidence evapo on page 184

1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
elburghAth perfect for a lone ranger like eersel - b oan tonto lo (2020) twitter link

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
e wean wi a pictur o the Lane Ranger plaistered aw ower his jaiket on page 65

1 matches

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