| ruthless | Occurrences normalised per million words | Occurrences | Authors |
|---|
Dialect map - Usage over time
| Total Corpus | 2.2 | 7 | 7 |
| ORK - Orkney |
| | |
| SHD - Shetland |
| | |
| TON - Tonge |
| | |
| NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) |
| | |
| NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle) |
| | |
| MNA - Mid Northern A |
3.3 |
1 |
1 |
| MNB - Mid Northern B |
| | |
| SNO - South Northern |
| | |
| ABN - Aberdeen |
| | |
| 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 |
6.3 |
1 |
1 |
| GLA - Glasgow |
4.6 |
1 |
1 |
| 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) |
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| GUL - General Ulster |
| | |
| SYN - Synthetic (no region) |
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