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The word 'kerrs'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
kerrsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus2.893
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
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
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)
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 kerrs in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
the side o me motor, aal the kerrs whizzed on by tae the toon. on page 41
shovels, boys, and watch the kerrs gaan by ~ Goad, there's Quoyd on page 64
And here come aal the blooman kerrs - aal gaan hame fae the toon on page 65
ten miles an oor, wi a line o kerrs on me tail on page 83

5 matches

(South) East Central

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
o kirnel pouer, the wastrie o kerrs an
usie setts. A convoy o airmie kerrs an
ss an hauddins, restorin auld kerrs furby. A mynd aince he socht
3 matches

Dundee

McKenzie, Roddy Cataracts, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2018) Central - Dundee, prose
hat said yon yi ask? Och, Wha kerrs! Yi close yer een tae savour
1 matches

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