A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'ker'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
kerOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.4288
ORK - Orkney 109.3 11 3
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders) 145.3 12 1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) 163.5 1 1
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster 56.9 2 2
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of ker in Corpus

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Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
He's gittan intae a ker... he's gittan awey!' on page 3
d in the night, Waited in the ker, on page 6

2 matches

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
ker boot sale. on page 9
scheme ker-park, thir conversations an c on page 14

2 matches

Orkney Voices Group Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Snog in the Ker on page 136

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. Lamborghini: Cult o the Bull, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, blog
ert o the Italian performance ker industry: the home o Ferrari,
he reality o wur compact hire ker. The doors clap closed in the
2 matches

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
he hoose. He lowped intae his ker, and backed oot o the drive o
sley arrived in the Grunnings ker park, his mind back on drills
s rattled. He hurried tae his ker an set off home, hopan he wis
idna so much as quiver when a ker door slammed in the next stre
4 matches

General Northern

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Loch Skeen, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
ie stanes skailt ower. On the ker-side gaen up, atween the trec
1 matches

General Central

McGregor, Iain Lallans 85 - Archie Dodds, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
haund. Ay, Ronnie A ken ye'r ker-haundit, weel yaise yer ither on page 22

1 matches

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
toun o Deanburnhaugh, on yer ker haund anenst the yett it the
waittergate. Liggin tae yer ker haund is the mairch o whit wi
ley wis black wi treis on eer ker haund; frae Elrig Dipper tae
ie Ferm an Elrig Ferm, on yer ker haund is
on eer ker haund, juist efter ee gan owr
12 matches

West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)

@fairfaaye tweeted
hevel) with the intensifier ‘ker’ from Scottish Gàidhlig ‘c(2020)

General Ulster

Adams, Rab Yarns 3 - A Ghost Story, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - Ulster, prose
a weethun ferther if the auld ker wis goin weel, an geein ye a
1 matches

Bennett, Hazel Tha Near Cut, (Ullans Magazine 2001) Ulster, prose
“Juist stap on tha ker at thon bus stap,” Conor pr
1 matches

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