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The word 'gander'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
ganderOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.21410
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 7.3 3 3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5.1 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 3.9 3 2
SEA - South East (Borders) 36.3 3 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.9 2 1
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
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of gander in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Tak a gander it ess." Muggie peered it a g on page 30

1 matches

General Northern

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
sma for yersel. Hiv ye hin a gander aroon the homes (2020)

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
take a gander at him is aw the confirmation on page 153

1 matches

Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
ty country by the bye: have a gander at their website here :
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 101, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
huirlie be guid for the Scots gander an aw.
1 matches

Glasgow

Atkins, Elise Billy Barr ’n’ Jonny Jimison’s Day Oot!, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Central, prose
“Haw Billy, take a gander at this. Thon big Isa, fae ro
1 matches

General Central

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
Goosie-Goosie-Gander on page 4

2 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
emsels intae a "V" wi an auld gander at the heid. He noticed they on page 17

1 matches

South East (Borders)

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
aboot Scota or Scotia? Huv a gander... https://t.co/QFD2TAeYMa ht(2020)
@jockmcleod53 Nope, have a gander... yet he is nae expert in me(2020)
@occultb0t Nae wonder, have a gander; https://t.co/P7JDPzu04w(2020)

South West (Galloway)

@StuartPoet tweeted
h'm nae stranger tae it. Will gander fir it oan tinternet.(2020)
mcclure @brian_bilston have a gander! Like it! (2020) twitter link