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The word 'cane'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
caneOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.92312
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern 57.6 13 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 4
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) 58.1 1 1
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of cane in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
sut ersel doon oan a flooery cane settee. She sighed es she pic on page 81

1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
erin aal fashioned clyse wi a cane in his hand. The Laird gave a
1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 77 - Anither Time, Anither Place, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
ked his briks aff the rickety cane cheer bi the heid o the bed a on page 29

1 matches

General Northern

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Loch Skeen, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
oor fushin wands, aw spleet-cane, an tied on three weet-flees
1 matches

@Franwella tweeted
is weekend. Fit wye did I nae cane this afore I made ither plans(2012)
@aimeeannenaylor I cane, I'm jist a sweetie .... shuc(2012)
RhiannaParade clearly I dinna cane fit am de'in. Jist retweeted (2012)
@markaustinitv I cane dual carriaging th hale o th (2011)
a god night we th oldies?? We cane hoe tae party hee hee x(2011)
and 7 other occurrences.

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
he shoap wae his shiny silver cane in hand. While ah wis still t on page 30

1 matches

Edinburgh

Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
sweet cane an cinnamon, on page 9

1 matches

General Central

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 73 - Waashin Day Weirriors, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
ivet knickers oan a fower-fit cane, passed frae haund tae haund on page 63

1 matches

Robson, Frances Lallans 74 - Gentlemen of the road, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
an a cane unner ma oxter, gollerin:
1 matches

McNulty, Victoria Flit, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, poetry
Graft cane tae plundered pewter
1 matches

@billykayscot tweeted
/knife for sneddin corn/sugar cane/thrissles etc .(2020)

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Cane ye na luk aip an see on page 28

1 matches

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