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The word 'rover'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
roverOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.61210
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 1
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 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
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.4 1 1
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) 163.5 1 1
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 rover in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

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

General Northern

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

(South) East Central

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

West Central

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

General 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

South East (Borders)

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

South West (Galloway)

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

West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)

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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