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The word 'kerr'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
kerrOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.7319
ORK - Orkney 49.7 5 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern 325.5 2 1
ABN - Aberdeen 11.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 40.9 16 2
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.6 2 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
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
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of kerr in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
I bowt a kerr aff Ecky Yule. He charged a g on page 41
I spied you sittan in your kerr so I jumped in bi your side. on page 84

5 matches

Mid Northern A

@DoricPhrases tweeted
’ve jis met a min caad Wayne Kerr - fit wye did naebidy warn h(2019)

South Northern

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Montrose, prose
rraman an seanachaidh Charlie Kerr (wha derns a muckle surprise) on page 124

1 matches

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric, prose
rraman an seanachaidh Charlie Kerr (wha derns a muckle surprise)
1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - The Bigger Hoose, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
irden o the Big Hoose pluntin Kerr's Pinks, fan MacTavish cam lo on page 108

1 matches

(South) East Central

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
“Fess me a kerr,” shae demandit. “A’m g
erlie prink yeirsell ahent ma kerr.”
, bot ranced hissell agin the kerr an waatchit
ir pokes, pit thaim intil the kerr an lowpit
he offisher, lowpin out o the kerr wi onbelefe, begoud ti yowt
14 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
portScot good luck to shelley kerr for the future and thanx for (2020) twitter link
@LeonRousseau10 shelly kerr is a doll brother - n al no (2021) twitter link

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
went an did a course at Reid Kerr College till somethin better on page 100
e's desperate tae go tae Reid Kerr College after the Standard Gr on page 169

2 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Swallae and Amethyst (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-1-3) Central, prose
"Stappin the kerr on a hie pynt o the rodd shae on page 1
cam til the loch. Stappin the kerr on a hie pynt o the rodd shae on page 8

2 matches

General Central

@weenell3 tweeted
fae the same cloth as Stephen Kerr (2022) twitter link

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
, alang yon back road, on yer kerr haund, juist is
1 matches

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