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Use in varieties of Scots

kevin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words14.4 12.9 30.1 0 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences4625 20 0 0 1 0
Number of authors15 10 4 1

Occurrences of kevin in Corpus

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Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
inds himself oan the set ae a Kevin Spacey film. There's nae two on page 62

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
in partners fae thi Hilltoon, Kevin McCabe, Gary Robertson an thi on page i

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ood pal. Ross Goss. He's new. Kevin Guthrie. So's he. Lauren Hobb on page 169

1 matches

Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
wan day tae get wir cousins, Kevin Lalor an wee Pat Lalor so we on page 44
r staunin outside thir hoose, Kevin challenged me tae a fight. In on page 45
n. Ah mean apart fae the time Kevin an me had a fight ur that. Ur on page 46

7 matches

Puchowski, James Aiths an Affirmations, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
Kevin Stewart (Aiberdeen Central, S
1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
in dae fer folk nooadays. Why Kevin hed a hole in his back tae be(2020) search twitter

@fairpechtoot tweeted
about BBC’s poetic delight | Kevin McKenna https://t.co/Cfar9i4p(2017) search twitter

@LairnScots tweeted
'Then there’s Kevin McKidd, an Elgin boy, who ado (2018) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
ee'. Ah had tae say "fuck aff Kevin, ah'm makin the denner" ???? (2021) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
yous win the scottish fir big kevin n mak ma day n al leave the n (2021) twitter link
sports cars - run by ian and kevin - top dollar garage m8 - ha (2020) twitter link
108 @Westside_AFC nae worries kevin - u no the respect i have fo (2021) twitter link
inRBrown85 as ever great to c kevin - b oan tae everyone connect (2021) twitter link
s great to see these projects kevin - keep up the good work - p (2021) twitter link
and 5 other occurrences.

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
in the zoo bit fur ae thing. Kevin the keeper didna takk her on
les on them like claes poles! Kevin the keeper gied them sugar lu
the flooer show the morn,” Kevin telt the monkeys , “An it
I ken foo tae mak friens wi Kevin,” she thocht. “Humans mic
tae the polar bear’s puil. Kevin’s flooers grew richt aside
17 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
cast Fit aboot Brooner’s pal Kevin Thomson? Emerging talent an a (2022) twitter link

@Franwella tweeted
u read 'we need to talk about Kevin' it's anither really good boo(2011) search twitter

@JoanHenry7 tweeted
we say 'Million' in Aberdeen, Kevin. The right way, obviously. Di (2022) twitter link

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
ilable for pre-order, link in Kevin's RT below and ta to @edbookf(2020) search twitter