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The word 'rave'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
raveOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus2.588
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
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 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
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) 2369.7 1 1
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of rave in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
That gale rave aff wir byre roof and wir tat on page 20

1 matches

Shetland

Peterson, George P.S. Nannie Georgedaughter, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, prose
ower fae last year. Ald Jeems rave oppen some a da shaeves at da
1 matches

Aberdeen

Morrison Murray, Harold Doric, Historic and Humorous, (Peters and Sons 2024) Doric, poetry
But the binder now wis a the rave On it noo wis an iron sear on page 29

1 matches

General Northern

@fittiecrooners tweeted
My rave scene wis walking the mat doo(2020)

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
d like the bass line oan that rave music the boys listened tae. on page 1

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
Till't almost rave my head. on page 115

1 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
rapid man it's like a fuckin rave urr suhin. on page 173

1 matches

South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)

BardOfMilebush To A Merican Food, (Reddit 2017) Ulster, poetry
Ye rave about yer 'biscuits', Why- th
1 matches

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