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The word 'cairy'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
cairyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.51814
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 3
NEC - North East Central 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central 13.8 3 3
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 8 6 2
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) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of cairy in Corpus

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General Northern

TheChielMeister Nae mince in Moray, (youtube.com 2008) Doric, poetry
e baef, nae maet, fit an affa cairy oan!
1 matches

Young, Morna The Twa Chrisses, (Scots Language Center 2021) Doric, prose
hae. I’d be fine built tae cairy boxes o fish, or staun at the
1 matches

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
win in't and it's easier tae cairy aroon because it's flat. Oh a(2020)

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Bravehert: The truth anent William Wallace (pairt 2), (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
ers wad be aboot, an they’d cairy the news o Wallace’s demise
1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
t me tae git loast until they cairy oot their ain enquires and hu on page 61

1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
too right - feck that fir a cairy oan lol (2020) twitter link

West Central

Clark, Thomas Mindin on Willie McIlvanney, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Bellshill, blog
an McIlvanney the writer will cairy on lang efter McIlvanney the
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
If ye kin cairy a tune an’ the wurds seem t
1 matches

Kirk Jn, Albert The Wit o Solomon, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
the cairy o a croon.
1 matches

Edinburgh

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
, the instrument he uises tae cairy oot aa his cantrips.’
1 matches

Glasgow

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
...Shuve it oot ma heid an cairy oan on page 5

1 matches

General Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
Come life, come cairy us awa on page 106

1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Kintrae livin, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
e lift her up in his airms an cairy her back an forrit fae her ch
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Daein it yersel, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
sels. Hou could I no mind the cairy-on we aye haed wi the carnapt
r! Insteid, it cut oot aw the cairy-on by gaein straicht tae pape
2 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Three days in October, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
ains an buses ower fou up tae cairy aw them wantin tae come. We h
wk spreidit oot in a line tae cairy muckle banners wi them on the
2 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
d West an left the weemen tae cairy the rest o the captain's bela on page 57

1 matches

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