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Use in varieties of Scots

rant Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words12.1 12.5 4.4 9.9 52.3 0 9.7
Number of occurrences4025 3 1 9 0 2
Number of authors22 12 2 1 5 2

Occurrences of rant in Corpus

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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

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

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

1 matches

Scottish Parliament Scots Leids Bill – Stage 1 Report, (The Scottish Parliament 2024) Central, government
ivit probation, Comann nam Pàrant (Nàiseanta) stresst that "aa on page 12
nan Gàidheal, Comann nam Pàrant (Nàiseanta) and Historic Env on page 17
BA, Ceòlas and Comann nam Pàrant (Nàiseanta) aw advocatit fur on page 20
a Gàidhlig and Comann nam Pàrant (Nàiseanta) baith cawed fur on page 25
isations sic as Comann nam Pàrant (Nàiseanta) suggestit that a on page 26
Also on pages 29, 40, 41, 42
12 matches

McDowell, Diane Drummond (Ma's Bairns), (Independently Published 2021 ISBN: 979-8592734588) Central, prose
ink sairiously aboot Jeanie's rant that Aggie wis a witch? Aw... on page 1

1 matches

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

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

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

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

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

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) search twitter

Doric

@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) search twitter

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

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

Morrow, Rob Yarns 3 - Kirk and Ceilidhe Memorial, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - Poyntzpass, poetry
My rant, in simmer, drees,
1 matches

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