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Use in varieties of Scots

rover Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.7 2.1 3 19.9 11.6 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences124 2 2 2 1 1
Number of authors10 4 2 1 1 1 1

Occurrences of rover in Corpus

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Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
tae his ain haun. An the auld rover wis richt contentit wi his ro on page 14

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Bi sunset the last Land Rover hud left on page 39

1 matches

Haddow, Kris Ronnie's Story, (words.krishaddow.com 2011) Central, prose
ent then drove me hame in his Rover. A sat in ma mither’s auld
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
He pulls up the range rover ootside a depressin lookin bu
1 matches

Doric

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
Indian accent) Good evening, Rover - Ah mean Winifred. Wha's is on page 40

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
st as luck wid hae it, a land rover wi een o
1 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
No! Dinna pull owld Rover's tail.: on page 5
He wund doon the Rover windows and sprayed 'Glade Ro on page 42

2 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
i dem. I wis blyde ta pit wir Rover tae her mony a time, it wisna on page 15
we'll miss her, an I ken wir Rover'll miss her. Ah'm still tryin on page 16

2 matches

Southern

@jamie_ginger tweeted
91 nay cunt would want a free rover #heeposhit(2012) search twitter

Ulster

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
We'll throw him in the Land Rover this night if we ca'n, on page 30

1 matches

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