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The word 'arran'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
arranOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.91311
ORK - Orkney
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
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 9.2 7 5
SEA - South East (Borders)
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)

Occurrences of arran in Corpus

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General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
back again is nae my dream." Arran wis the next island an
1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
As the solstice rays owre Arran wir tyned on page 62

1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
rra bey the throat E says, “Arran’s whair a says it wid be
1 matches

Edinburgh

Docherty, John F. Lallans 81 - Lang Summer Days, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
o away an work in places like Arran an Pitlochry an he went fur w on page 76

1 matches

Ayrshire

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
wis awa ower the ither side o Arran, ayont Kintyre an tint in the on page 23

1 matches

General Central

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
Framed by Arran's warrior still, on page 13

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Arran, Erskine, Herries, an Yair, on page 15
Balfour: Arran, Erskine, Herries are there, on page 35

2 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 67 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
chts o Ben Lomond, the rigs o Arran an doun the watter tae the Fi on page 65

1 matches

McCabe, Mary Lallans 73 - Soond shift, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
t cowpin intae the watter aff Arran, the Barra votes straunit in on page 49

1 matches

Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
overnor Jeems Hamilton erle o Arran haed been appyntit in 1543 ta
s lowsed on Scotland again an Arran haed tae proclaim a general w
2 matches

South West (Galloway)

@StuartPoet tweeted
the commoners. No their faut. Arran aye? Jings Gaelic wis still s(2020)