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Use in varieties of Scots

christened Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.4 1.5 4.5 0 17.4 0 8.9
Number of occurrences113 3 0 3 0 2
Number of authors6 2 1 2 1

Occurrences of christened in Corpus

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Central

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ing their bairns alang tae be christened by their auld meenisters wi t on page 27
y healthy wee dochter, Janet, christened at Priesthill wi the pure wat on page 28

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ae. Yes it was, she said, You christened it. Whitever, ah said. Ah sti on page 169

1 matches

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
Three o oor fower bairns war christened at Tarland kirk, the watter o on page 51

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
'Watter christened her, an watter kistit her,' M
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
ancestral mools. Naethin wis christened, nur wad, nur beeriet. Aathin
1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
r wid embarrass him. Geoffrey christened him Randy Andy, an as da joke on page 38
s dey hedd wirkin on what dey christened. Tunnel, an da sense a acheiv on page 93

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De Luca, Christine Smootie gengs ta Lerrick, (SCOTS corpus 2003) Shetland - Bressay, weans
ith names as if shö hed been christened wi dem. Magnus an Freya aye b
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Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
ye'll need. The wean's tae be christened. Can ye git him christened, M on page 8

2 matches

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