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Use in varieties of Scots

ca'ed Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words24.6 1.1 86.5 0 11.6 175 8.8
Number of occurrences762 54 0 2 16 2
Number of authors9 1 4 1 2 1

Occurrences of ca'ed in Corpus

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Central

Peffers, Bob The Pittin Doon o Guid Scots, (peffers50.freeserve 2002) Central - Fife, prose
a pit doon oor ain leid. They ca'ed us dolts fir spakin oor ain l
1 matches

Peffers, Bob A Aboot Mid-Camps, Kirnitten, Bi East Cawther, (peffers50.freeserve 2002) Central - Fife, prose
es. If onyane speers hoo they ca'ed it a sheugh, a they maun dae
1 matches

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
Twa aul maids - sisters ca'ed Lizzie an Jean on page 15

8 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
ill hae a loonie, an he'll be ca'ed Emmanuel,' att means in oor t on page 7
wirds o e prophits: 'He'll be ca'ed a lad fae Nazareth'. on page 9
ee fan he cam on Seemon att's ca'ed Steenie an his brither Andra, on page 10
wk att seek peace, they'll be ca'ed God's bairnies; on page 11
fae there, Jesus saw a chiel ca'ed Mattha sittin in his cheer i on page 17
Also on pages 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 88, 89, 91, 92, 94, 95, 99, 107, 108, 111, 112, 114, 116, 117, 119, 120
40 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
I ca'ed ye on i'phone on page 89
She winted tae be ca'ed Danny) on page 202

3 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - The Bigger Hoose, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
real name) bit aa the locals ca'ed it The Big Hoose, for it wis on page 104
ed anither big hoose, the een ca'ed Dubbieknowe. "Noo, there's a on page 105
ame plan as MacTavish's an we ca'ed it The Bigger Hoose, cos it m on page 109

3 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
could be ca'ed bersuggit. Der stanes on page 33

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Smootie gengs ta Lerrick, (SCOTS corpus 2003) Shetland - Bressay, weans
an twa names. Freya an Magnus ca'ed her 'Smootie'; Nicol an Ingri
1 matches

Southern

Tindal, Betty Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
Noo an again the polis ca'ed, on page 158

1 matches

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
th high heid yin among thum, ca'ed oot, "Sit doon, aw o ee, an l on page 24
ie dry agin, th Dodo suddenly ca'ed oot "Th race is ower!", an th on page 26
n feeneesh eer story!" Ahlice ca'ed efter eet. An th ithers aw jo on page 30
suit ma throat!" An a Canary ca'ed oot in a tremblin voice tae e on page 31
as she went huntin aboot, an ca'ed oot tae hur in an angry wei, on page 32
Also on pages 38, 44, 54, 77, 84, 93, 96, 101, 109, 117
15 matches

Ulster

Logan, Liam Thon Ulster Scots Book, (Galdanagh 2014 ISBN: 978-0992881405) Ulster - Dunloy, prose
n I niver seen him but he was ca'ed Sam Mary Anne. Sam . Mary Ann on page 44
may Career" or whatever it's ca'ed. But the laugh track did whil on page 46

2 matches

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