A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

ca' Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.2 4.1 13.6 19.9 0 20.7 8.9
Number of occurrences238 9 2 0 2 2
Number of authors14 3 6 1 2 2

Occurrences of ca' in Corpus

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Central

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose

6 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 67 - Clash fae Cauld Hill, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
I ca's my horse on throu a toun lai on page 39

1 matches

@DABArbuckle tweeted
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Doric

Abel, Charlie The Press and Journal (Inverness, Highlands, and Islands) - Doric Corner, (DC Thomson 2024) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
I ca'ed ye on i'phone on page 89

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose

1 matches

TheChielMeister Ah'm e chiel (sae dinna fash), (youtube.com 2011) Doric, poetry
0 matches

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
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e ca'? Fit aboot a wee drinky ca'd #DrookitHoor ? Ma thrapple's(2017) search twitter

@FaeFoggie tweeted
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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
They wir nivver ca'd Willie or Geordo, nor none o on page 42

2 matches

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry

1 matches

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
th high heid yin among thum, ca'ed oot, "Sit doon, aw o ee, an on page 24

1 matches

Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government

1 matches

BardOfMilebush To A Merican Food, (Reddit 2017) Ulster, poetry
0 matches

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