Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'kirkcaldy'

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Use in varieties of Scots

kirkcaldy	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	7.8	26	10
ORK - Orkney
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	10.3	4	2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire	32	3	1
LAL - General Central	21	16	5
SEA - South East (Borders)	12.1	1	1
SWE - South West (Galloway)	27.9	2	1
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 kirkcaldy in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

(South) East Central

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 90 - Serendipity, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
ocht we micht tak the bus tae Kirkcaldy.' Ah seyd. 'Ah've hauf made u on page 26
'Weel Ah'm fir Kirkcaldy.' Ah telt him. on page 27

3 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 149, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
y wis born in the Lang Toun o Kirkcaldy in 1927. His first job at 14
1 matches

Ayrshire

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
funny took place ina shop in Kirkcaldy when she wis a middle aged wu on page 23

3 matches

General Central

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
ye'll huv an erse the size o' Kirkcaldy an' a heid thit'll be buzzin' on page

1 matches

Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
Tungs o Scots (1997). Akros. Kirkcaldy. on page 24

1 matches

Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
Sir William Kirkcaldy 1570
Sir Weelum Kirkcaldy (ab.1520-1573) belanged a lan
’s pairt-takars. Sir Weelum Kirkcaldy wis grantit the keeping o the
Jeems an whan Jeems wis killt Kirkcaldy heidit the funeral procession
procession on 4 Februar 1570. Kirkcaldy didna gree wi Mary’s demiss
12 matches

@fourmenterian tweeted
gsScotland Giein' it laldy in Kirkcaldy! There'll be wrath in Raith t(2015)

@billykayscot tweeted
ext Labour Peer. Lord Jocky o Kirkcaldy! I ken puir Jockys deid, bu(2020)

South East (Borders)

Purves, David Lallans 75 - Gie Us Back Oor Place Names, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Southern, prose
et cryit Pan Ha’ kyths near Kirkcaldy on a hauch whaur saut pannin
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
fae Lerwick tae Perth, fae Kirkcaldy tae Hawick, on page 8

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Here’s the Weather, (Scottish Poetry Library 2017) Central, poetry
fae Lerwick tae Perth, fae Kirkcaldy tae Hawick,
1 matches