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Use in varieties of Scots

callant Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.6 3.6 1.5 0 0 134.4 0
Number of occurrences217 1 0 0 13 0
Number of authors8 5 1 2

Occurrences of callant in Corpus

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Central

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
"Ye are auld," said the callant, "as I said afore, An yer kyt on page 44

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ad David Hackston, an anither callant by the name o John Balfour. H on page 35

1 matches

Scott, Hamish Eemis Stane 1 - Fields o Stanes, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
d fields o stane as the lifie callant nou lys the forjeskit auld ca on page 21

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 58 - Gairm review, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
ter-maxter o names for the ae callant: "...an Tharmoid a luaidh, a on page 126

2 matches

Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
or a weel-faur’d and swanky callant cried Walter.
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 115, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
sel he is a wild, mischievous callant, and thinks nae mair o commit
1 matches

Doric

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
yin bairnlik callant a birlin puddock stuil on page 3

1 matches

Southern

Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
whan ilka callant rettled on yer wunnock on page 137

1 matches

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
wart. Mr an Mrs Wulson hed ae callant ca’d Bertie, gif ma mynd se
A wis telt whan A wis ae callant, at the praisent herds hoose
olfcleuch Heid. Whan A wur ae callant Jockie Tailfer, fermer o
in A’m wrang. Whan A wis ae callant,
er. Frae ma speirins, whan ae callant,
12 matches

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