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The word 'tango'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
tangoOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.1107
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
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 13.3 3 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 16.3 3 3
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 tango in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
They say hid taks twa tae tango bit ah'll accept maist o the on page 31

1 matches

General Northern

Wilde, Jacqueline Jay Valentine Tango, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
Valentine Tango
Ye wanna dance a tango?
Mebbie no a tango,
3 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
, ma favourite dances are the tango an the Lindy Hop an ah love w on page 22

1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
sume that the phrase “Golf, Tango, Foxtrot!” wis used cause t
1 matches

Glasgow

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
unch yer popcorn and sook yer Tango Ice Blast. So we pretend thur on page 1

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ng as ah kin remember. Adidas Tango Kick if ah’m no mistaken -
1 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
s a wean. They callt me Edith Tango McGee...”
1 matches

General Central

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
lush, a beer fur himsel and a Tango fur Gary. God knows, boys wil on page 49

1 matches

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