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Use in varieties of Scots

ca'ad Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.4 1.5 4.5 0 23.2 10.3 0
Number of occurrences113 3 0 4 1 0
Number of authors6 1 3 1 1

Occurrences of ca'ad in Corpus

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Central

Harrison, Jean Lallans 59 - BARRY SCHUIL 1928 - 1934, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
and strippit cats. They were ca'ad pussy cats. Puss, puss, puss. on page 120

3 matches

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 82 - Beyond The Pale , (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
lavvy is a toilet, sometimes ca'ad 'the wattery', an the Express on page 72

1 matches

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
awfa ironic last time a Quine ca'ad Mary wiz involved in a birth (2015) search twitter

@FaeFoggie tweeted
and a sprinkling o sugar and ca'ad it braakfist.(2020) search twitter

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Lallans 58 - seiven poems bi Christine de Luca, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
what du ca'ad der kaleyard culture. on page 19

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
ds or tails, whitivver wye is ca'ad. on page 106

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Smootie gengs ta Lerrick, (SCOTS corpus 2003) Shetland - Bressay, weans
e at dat time. Shö wis jöst ca'ad 'puss'. Shö wis boarn on Bre
er 'Smootie'; Nicol an Ingrid ca'ad her 'Mitten'. Although Smooti
2 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
aid th Hatter, "when th Queen ca'ad oot, 'Hei's murderin th time! on page 71

1 matches

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