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The word 'rant'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
rantOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus82619
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 52.3 9 5
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 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 2
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 18.2 4 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 4 3 3
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 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of rant in Corpus

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Orkney

Miller, Alison Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Orkney, poetry
ll aye start up tae chant and rant awey on page 40

1 matches

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
be doon apon it, an times ta rant wi joy; on page 51
at canna waak - 'll start ta rant. on page 55

2 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
I'd stuck wi Maggie', he wid rant whin da rows blew up, 'Aa du on page 49

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
'll send blöd racin fur a rant o weddins. on page 63

1 matches

Watt, Valerie Görwill trows blamed for earthquake, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
a Truncherfaece faimily tae a rant on da 15th o January fae 12pm
lan hed a bid tae da Görwill rant.
Meenie. “Naebody has held a rant o dis size afore. Whit will I
s turned up. Usually a trowie rant has wan fiddler but dere wis
4 matches

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
t dunna gie dem tae barins!! #rant #kidsdontneedchocolatesorswee (2018) twitter link

General Northern

@72redz1903 tweeted
ou but you feel compelled tae rant at the world in this thread? (2022) twitter link

@Franwella tweeted
compulsory subjects. I feel a rant oh how I feel a rant(2011)

(South) East Central

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
He began tae rant, his bluid on fire, on page 29

1 matches

Clark, Sara Indyref 2: Aulder, Wiser, Kinder, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
e masel until ah'd had a guid rant, got it oot ma system.
1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Micht justly rant an pu thair hair, on page 47

1 matches

Campbell, Karen Gie it laldy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Glasgow, blog
aboot aw this engagement, we rant and rumble, but A’m feart i
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
his book is no jist tae hae a rant, but tae ley oot things anent on page 20

1 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
augh fae the backseat at some rant or comment. Pee stoaps, fags, on page 3

3 matches

Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part one of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
or an doon the close. Another rant, ah kin be dain waeoot.
1 matches

General Central

Mackintosh, Jim The Banes o the Turas, (Tippermuir 2022 ISBN: 978-1913836313) Central, poetry
Ootlins rant fareweel at history on page 24

1 matches

Ewen, Allan Pairt twa: Janus leuks aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
s heard on the Macpherson’s Rant track.
1 matches

@Angela1Sinclair tweeted
e, sure is. Ah wiz expectin a rant aboot pineapple. Or mibbes th(2020)

General Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
a suggestion tae finish this rant? on page 32

1 matches

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