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cairried Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words44.6 59.1 21.1 29.8 0 82.7 13.3
Number of occurrences143115 14 3 0 8 3
Number of authors34 22 8 1 1 2

Occurrences of cairried in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, James Naebody'd Seen Him, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
This cairried on for pages. The saumon wis on page 18

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Robertson, James Precious and the Puggies, (Itchy Coo 2011 ISBN: 978-1845023324) Central, weans
'And syne, her faither cairried on, 'and syne ae nicht I woke on page 9
ssroom.' She paused afore she cairried on. 'I wis awfie lookin forwa on page 29
She cairried the cake tae the schuil in a on page 72

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Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
Whan I drew the baobabs I wis cairried ayont mysel by the strenth o on page 24

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 68 - The Fower Jyners o the Apocalypse, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
herlie," Ian said, "Dinna get cairried awa lik ye're forivver daein! on page 26

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Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ri Sherlock an John Ramage, A cairried oot wirkshops on the script t on page 40

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
thing she never let hersel be cairried awa wi it aw. Near onybody el on page 12
in the efternoons. 'The books cairried her awa intae new worlds and on page 15
he hoose wioot bein seen. She cairried it through the back door and on page 42
eans dinnae make it. They get cairried oot on streetchers, skellochi on page 96
Neist day, she cairried her secret wappen tae schuil on page 133
Also on pages 181, 204
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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
s o makkin shair that society cairried on fae day tae day in a wise- on page 32

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
t wis the grub. The ships aye cairried enough hard tack - ships' bi on page 37
intil a saint an his dochters cairried on wi the life their faither on page 81

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
'And ken whit?' Granda Jock cairried on speakin awfie slawly noo s on page 13
The nixt nicht, Granda Jock cairried on wi his story. on page 18
r month gaed by,' Granda Jock cairried on, 'but aye the factory stey on page 20
Mr Baffie's evenin newspaper cairried a muckle pictur o him on the on page 26
he haill warld, wis suddently cairried awa in a dementit chocolate. on page 28
Also on pages 29, 38, 52, 67, 76, 80, 102, 107, 120, 149, 167
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Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
ed the sugar a guid steer and cairried the tassie ben tae the front on page 3
hin mair tae gie, sae Geordie cairried the big muckle pot doon the s on page 23
vy three-quarters fou pot and cairried it oot o the back door. He cr on page 26
Geordie cairried on steerin until it wis aw we on page 31
can wis threequarters fou. He cairried it quickly back tae the kitch on page 35
Also on pages 79, 82, 89, 97
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Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
Ae weya culture's identityis cairried is in its books an stories. S on page 9

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
or hoo parteeclar throupit is cairried oot. Writin a successfae expl on page 9

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Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
n oor and a hauf? We get fair cairried awa wi the likes o yon, and w on page vii
umbazed and Fleggit, but Pooh cairried on dreamin. on page 45
Hoo lang Wee Grumphie wid hae cairried on like yon, I dinna ken, but on page 48
Weel, he cairried on chantin, tae he cam tae th on page 50
gs he had €ver sung. Sae he cairried On singin it. on page 53
Also on pages 55, 58, 65, 76, 104, 116, 143, 166
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Forde, Iain W D Traivells wi a Cuddie i the Cevennes (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-5-1) Central, prose
sser. Aw this, cept whitlik A cairried about ma pairson, wes eith st on page 5

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Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
t day, the watchin and waitin cairried on. Boggin and Boonce and Bee on page 33
delicious scran, freends,' he cairried on, 'is by courtesy o Messrs on page 78
nd sae I invite ye aw, Mr Tod cairried on, 'tae bide here wi me for on page 79
erin that follaed this speech cairried on for a guid few meenits. on page 80

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 61 - Glesca dialeck i the modren warld, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
ian. I the cognitive research cairried oot be the General Register O on page 9

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Monahan Brown, Ricky Eemis Stane 1 - The Mindin, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
tae form a human pyramid that cairried him tae the door that wis ric on page 8

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Calder, Bob Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
Norman MacCaig aye cairried owre-faur the notion that pra on page 95

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Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
ay, pit them aw in a poke and cairried them hame ower his shooder. L on page 7
hib, a big widden club he aye cairried wi him, and wi aw his strengt on page 8
Hercules cairried the lion back tae the palace on page 10
ng the net ower the beast and cairried the Erymanthian Boar back tae on page 19
he country air, he thocht and cairried on. on page 21
Also on pages 32, 42
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Fitt, Matthew The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Wee Story Aboot Love, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
taunin up in it. The boat wis cairried awa on the wheeshin watter. on page 75
The tin sodger wis cairried up the stair, and pit back on on page 80

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Douglas, Ashley The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Sweet Sang o the Widd, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
eir een smiled, and then they cairried on wi their wark, mair blythe on page 94

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Robertson, James The Deil, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
parks ootby cam in as weel, cairried by the birslin wund
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Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
assessments for English Leid cairried oot in
e. Similar, he cites research cairried oot in Italy. Researchers
cairried oot intil Scots but that want
cairried oot for Scots.22
ch projects is currently bein cairried oot, notably SCOTLANG,
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Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
faut liggit, an the coist wes cairried bi
id agin the inbrak an awmaist cairried out a refutautioun o the
Bot Grant an the twenes wes cairried forrit wi the fyre aidge.
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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 62 - The Cairryin Stream o Tradeetion, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
ae the idea o tradeetion bein cairried on. The concerts are organees
1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 63 - Auld plain Scottis, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
eifficult wirds simply tae be cairried ower frae the oreiginal. Bit
1 matches

Mortimer, Cara Bewaur o th tap tap tap, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
e want them tae know. An this cairried oan fur a full week.
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Douglas, Ashley Whae Were the Pechts, (Dig It Scotland 2023) Central, prose
in genetic genealogy hae been cairried oot yaisin gey muckle sample
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 147, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
whaur the Census Test will be cairried oot.For aw that a question ky
1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
postie o Moont Olympus, that cairried aw the gods’ messages tae a
ree, an landed in a burn that cairried it strecht tae the taes o a l
ed up Hippomenes’s sighs an cairried them gently, blawin them aw t
3 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 114, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
he Gaelic language an culture cairried on gittin a healthy dale o fu
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
a feasibility study shuid be cairried oot for its implementation. A
ion. Coorse, aw this shuid be cairried oot in the speerit o European
2 matches

Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
He cairried on placin the dishes carefull
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
thocht o the wee box he aywis cairried in a pooch. Raw resin. His si
tae be. At Sangam the Ganges cairried less nor a quarter o the flow
st an coupin thaim ower - an cairried her aff. Afore lang, they wer
Sae they cairried Mornin Sunshine tae the camp
Sae they cairried Mornin Sunshine tae the camp
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McClurg, Fernando Review: O is for Hoolet, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
n aboot language issues, that cairried on i the theatre bar efterwar
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando The Great Divide, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
Noo, the SNP canna get cairried awa wi polls. Nationalist an
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 101, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
for Gaelic an the wey it haed cairried on wis juist a muckle disgrac
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Facebook link ( 2016) Central
feedin him but some got that cairried awa wi him an his preachin th
haunds wur cut aff, bagged an cairried awa as the proof necessary fu

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
ud o floatin wid planks an be cairried tae the rocks. Ahint us mair

Facebook link ( 2020) Central
ecial example o them they wur cairried doon tae the mooth o the Blad

@gordimhor1 tweeted
scrived in my ain leid has ay cairried mair weight(2018) search twitter

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 90 - Mrs Cadwallader’s Conversion, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
bag on his shooder, the ither cairried a hold-all, an ye didna need on page 38

1 matches

Philip, George Luikin Back, (Jas Gaesham 2008 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Doric, prose
n happed in a blanket an bein cairried doon the steen stair intul an on page 6

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
a stop te the sins at Faither cairried oot aneth is black goon o res on page 65

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Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
t till him, "Happy e wyme att cairried you an e breist att ye sookit on page 100

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
im, like as if tae say "Ye've cairried that ower far." on page 88

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Hardie, Buff Dod 'n' Bunty, (Evening Express 2000) Doric, newspaper
een 'at for ye. But dinna get cairried awa'. Fan ye get yer new Acce
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
r reef and windaes as the men cairried on laachin and caain her an a
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Hutchison, Pat Bob the Dog fae the Bog, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ed amongst bagpipes. Jeemicky cairried the pipes that he’d played
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Hutchison, Pat Tarrarra boomby ae, This is my dying day, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
faced and oot o breath. They cairried a streecher wi them. Een said
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Hutchison, Pat The Tabby Sooker, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
€™ He jist smiled at that and cairried on doodlin in his notebook. O
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
me hid pushed dressings they cairried in their first aid kit intae
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Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ece of hodden grey wiz aa she cairried but even little as there wiz
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
better nur ony o them. An he cairried the
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Harper, Edith The Wye Athin Chynges, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2020) Doric, poetry
The skraich o the gows cairried oan the Atlantic win
1 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
I cairried hid intae the hoose and laid on page 12
that I built mesel - yaas, I cairried every block - And I see that on page 65

2 matches

Parkins, Hazel Lallans 67 - Fower Poems efter Rilke, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Orkney, poetry
wi his young features, that cairried his renyie and wir on page 58

1 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
w close b' eet, an gie nearly cairried eet off. on page 58
e stop eet undaen itsel), she cairried eet oot intae th open air. "I on page 60
rs, an retire in same order," cairried oan th Gryphon. on page 98
but she fair got gaun as she cairried oan. Hur listeners said nithi on page 102
obster-Quadrille?" th Gryphon cairried oan. "Or would ee lik th Mock on page 105
Also on pages 106, 113, 120
8 matches

Ulster

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
They wur cairried awa on page 3

1 matches

Ni Chuilin, Caral Roadin furtae Bring Forrits an Graith tha ULSTER-SCOTCH Leid, Heirskip an Cultur, (Mannystrie o Fowkgates, Airts an Aisedom 2015) Ulster, government
s o yeirs, tha flittin o fowk cairried it fordèr tae tha noarth tae on page 6

1 matches

Fenton, James The Lade, (Ullans Magazine 2001) Ulster, prose
tae, but belly-up an gappin, cairried doon frae abain the brig whun
1 matches

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