A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Intro a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Texts Writers Statistics Top200 Search Compare

Concordance

Enter a word to find all occurrences of, for example ahint

The word 'kenny'

- basic concord - pre-sorted concord - post-sorted concord - map and chronology - chronogrid - similar spellings -

Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
kennyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus154818
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 52.3 16 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern 325.5 2 1
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 20.5 8 3
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 22.7 17 9
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 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 kenny 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

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
influenced me musical taste. Kenny plays the accordian an his do on page 48

2 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
usic an Ah look a bittie like Kenny Rogers - in the richt licht. on page 56
see aat ye're jist affa like Kenny Roger like." She giggilt. "Es on page 58
"Come on, than, you can bi Kenny Rogers," giggilt Chantelle, u on page 59
aat | didna look onythin like Kenny Rogers. Ah've hid it wi Faceb on page 62

5 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
Kenny McRae wis a wee loon wi pirn-
ot gaitherin fur the bonfire, Kenny jyned in. He likit tae help c
left ower frae a sale o wirk. Kenny hid even helpit tae rug the g
An puir Kenny’s heid hung doon. He WIS fe
Bit Kenny DID heed. Fur neist day, aa t
11 matches

South Northern

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Montrose, prose
at deal aboot Geddes, or whit Kenny Munro on page 125

1 matches

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric, prose
at deal aboot Geddes, or whit Kenny Munro describes as: his kalei
1 matches

(South) East Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
owerset bi Lang Kenny o the Shire on page 45

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 149, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
y an sports stars the likes o Kenny Dalglish an Ally McCoist.The
am Wallace. 3.Sean Connery. 4.Kenny Dalglish. 5.Lulu. 6.Jock Stei
2 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@Brian_Pacey fitbaw daft kenny - need a say mair lol (2021) twitter link
y games planned lads - b oan kenny (2020) twitter link
Decor oh hello - the name is kenny btw - aye we can awe slaver (2020) twitter link
ma isobel cood say wis - ffs kenny when she ceen it lol (2020) twitter link
@rossforbes92 king kenny in ur photo must b mortified! (2021) twitter link

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 82 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Prestwick, prose
ae nou on, you're ti be 'Lang Kenny', kis you're a tait heicher n on page 6

1 matches

Glasgow

Geraghty, Martin A Bad Sport, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
et n stretches oot a haun, ‘Kenny Urquhart, Club Captain, pleas
1 matches

General Central

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Kenny's Carline on page 65

3 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
nd: Visions of Scotland 2020, Kenny MacAskill, Luath Press, Edinb on page 110

3 matches

@FaetheRye tweeted
@camtacs Kenny is still an excellent orator. (2022) twitter link

@g_hibby tweeted
@kendo491 Afternoon Kenny.. Have a grand time yersel' m (2022) twitter link
@kendo491 Morning Kenny.. How ye doing?.. Whatever ye (2023) twitter link

@iainnicol tweeted
yFarq @lord_forsyth Guid yin, Kenny.(2020)

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
ane... we're gettin there wi Kenny on the clarinet..(2020)

@WhenDidADidny tweeted
cann0n @matt_mccallion fuckin kenny. Teuchter (2017) twitter link

@OliphantWullie tweeted
ennyFarq IMHO that's no right Kenny. Yes folk are acutely aware o (2022) twitter link
Ade, but the days epistle fae Kenny wis jist pure $$$$ stirrin o (2022) twitter link

@bigandymccoll tweeted
t's sails. Luckily we've Alex/Kenny/Neale/Eva/Sara tae blow some (2022) twitter link
ou furra second in the bar wi Kenny in Greenock) so i can vouch f (2022) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

@StuartPoet tweeted
de77 @broadcastscot Hear hear Kenny and gey weel said. Wad that w(2020)