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kenspeckle Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words41.8 66.8 3 0 0 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences134130 2 0 0 1 1
Number of authors43 40 2 1 1

Occurrences of kenspeckle in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, James Precious and the Puggies, (Itchy Coo 2011 ISBN: 978-1845023324) Central, weans
a career as Botswana's maist kenspeckle detective! on page 21

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Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
ill scheme! Ay, it's far ower kenspeckle, this hat... Acause it's idio on page 135

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Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
il. Throu it aa, thon muckle, kenspeckle differ - the fact at Quebec on page 26

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Crichton, Tam Lallans 84 - Ower the Faem Pairt Twa: Doon the Watter, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
the singer Gisli. 'Gisli the Kenspeckle! Gisli the Faur-kent! Frae Sh on page 54

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McGregor, Iain Lallans 85 - Archie Dodds, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
wer the watter. It wis Trev's kenspeckle vice rowstin tae lat iz ken h on page 25

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Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
Kenspeckle shape, on page 25

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McGregor, Iain Lallans 87 - The Neep Lantern, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Central, prose
lugs pickit up a strynge yet kenspeckle vice rowstin ower in a lood w on page 22

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Clark, Thomas Eemis Stane 2 - Editorial: A Twa Wey Street, (Eemis Stane 2023) Central, prose
ttin o oor ain Matthew Fitt's kenspeckle cyberpunk tour-de-force, But on page 3

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ikin terms wi John Broun - a kenspeckle body, that tor mony years had on page 62

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McClure, Rob nothing but a set of eyes for stars - The Night, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, poetry
kenspeckle figure in his hidey-hole of d on page 101

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Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
kenspeckle amang ten thoosand. on page 11

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Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
ae ti tak care no ti faa owre kenspeckle inti either. (Especially the on page 69

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Eagle, Andy Lallans 59 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
Ane o the kenspeckle uises o the internet is its a on page 54

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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 59 - Rants and Foys, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
ear guest artists, wha may be kenspeckle Scots, or mebbe fae England, on page 56

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
chie the Screiver, a man wi a kenspeckle past. He made a reasonable ki on page 71

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
is the maist muckle and maist kenspeckle in the haill warld! It wis WO on page 7
aein a parade in honour o the kenspeckle younker. on page 26
fus o bawbees, In yin toun, a kenspeckle gangster chored a thoosand po on page 28
tae get a bit closer tae the kenspeckle lassie. And the kenspeckle la on page 36
en mair polis, stood the five kenspeckle bairns, thegither wi the auld on page 63
Also on pages 64
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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
nt, but the character hus nae kenspeckle features that mak him staun o on page 123

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Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
oot hoo he wis gonnae mak his kenspeckle medicine. He wisna gonnae plo on page 17
the cludgie, he gawped at the kenspeckle and dreided medicine cupboard on page 18
f inside it cawed DISHWORTH'S KENSPECKLE DANDRUFF CURE. In it gaed. on page 21

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Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
a collective identity an o a kenspeckle wey o perceivin an descryvin on page 20
r their language tae occupy a kenspeckle position in advertisin, signs on page 22

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Allan, Alasdair Scots Language Policy, (Scots Parliament 2015) Central, government
, poetry and literature and a kenspeckle feature o the wey we express on page 2

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
nes unner ilka word that is a kenspeckle Scots spelling. On tap o this on page 6
icht hae a parteeclar dialect kenspeckle tae whaur ye belang. Ye micht on page 7
Glesga or The Broch) shuid be kenspeckle wi the Soothron spelling rele on page 13
s is enriched throu haein ten kenspeckle dialects that aw haes thair a on page 15
Kenspeckle tae Scots screivings is the u on page 24
Also on pages 38, 41, 57, 64
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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
e wis mair like cairdboard. A kenspeckle-lookin loon wi warts aw ower on page 134
Sunny skirlin efter cake, the kenspeckle-lookin loon wi aw the warts o on page 156

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Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Gied his kenspeckle name on page 21
Brucella for a braw kenspeckle nem, on page 46

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Eagle, Andy Lallans 59 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
Ane o the kenspeckle uises o the internet is its a on page 54

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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 59 - Review Folksongs and Folklore of South Uist, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
iefs that gien their life its kenspeckle paittrens. Hogmany and Hallow on page 62

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Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
he kintrae roun, but whit wes kenspeckle aboot it wes the muckle size on page 6
.' In Hawaii I heard tell o a kenspeckle wumman cried Aggie Wallace wh on page 8
noticed fae my wark an meetin kenspeckle fowk o Scottish origin in dif on page 10

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McGregor, Iain Lallans 79 - The Ratton, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
. An the steuch o rattons wis kenspeckle. A mingin weel-kent stew o ra on page 80

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Matheson, Ann Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
n faaen in luve wi Michael, a kenspeckle archaeologist. In the coorse on page 90

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
e Owen Dudley Edwards, wi his kenspeckle wit, gaes ower the auld grun on page 110

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McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - review, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
the Windae in Thrums). But ae kenspeckle thing about the outwale is th on page 109

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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 82 - Nae Guid Ettle, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
ower embaurassin fir a puckle kenspeckle fowk. He wisnae sweir o screi on page 16

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Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
This warld, kenspeckle forby as the smaest o the pla
ir thaim awa. Ane o the maist kenspeckle o thir craters is cryed Tycho
gird. The Plouk is the maist kenspeckle thing aboot this warld as it
o thir moons is Triton that's kenspeckle as the only moon in the Sun G
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 103, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
oet frae last century, e'en a kenspeckle ane the likes o Hugh MacDairm
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 168, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
endit wi "burn" - shairly a kenspeckle eneuch element tae be hauden
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Robson, Frances Lallans 74 - Gentlemen of the road, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
kenspeckle in the warld o sword dancing,
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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 74 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
in Gordon Jarvie’s poem ‘Kenspeckle Man’. Ye micht be intressit
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Jarvie, Gordon Lallans 74 - Kenspeckle Man, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
Kenspeckle Man
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Douglas, Ashley Paternal genome drap-oot forders altruism in stieve populations, (Wiley Online Library 2022) Central, prose
e genetics o PGD can lead tae kenspeckle differences in sex-specific p
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Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
outh + ie), an still uize the kenspeckle "-y" for the likes o "liberty
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 108, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
It wad be an awfu peetie gin kenspeckle Scots curns, sic as the Cross
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 111, (self-published 2003) Central, newspaper
is howped that 2003 will be a kenspeckle year for the weird o the Scot
be itherweys. Ane o the maist kenspeckle ongauns o thaim aw maun shuir
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Tait, John M Lallans 62 - Expository Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
word. This is juist the maist kenspeckle example o a principle o brigg
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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 63 - Auld plain Scottis, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
rae spreidin. In Eurasia, the kenspeckle craps an baists at are noo ec
been cultivatit (be canny and kenspeckle screivers) as the model o gui
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Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
hers some gait, but the maist kenspeckle wis Anaximander (ab.610-ab.54
n throu the Universe. Anither kenspeckle body wis the dominie and meen
time? Whitever it wis, it wis kenspeckle. Efter, in the mid-16th centu
se is reckont ane o the maist kenspeckle near encoonters in Scotland,
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Falconer, Gavin Lallans 81 - Scots an Mid-Ulster Inglish, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
s in its paurent dialects), a kenspeckle survival. The Irish influence
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Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
s in ownin an aye topical and kenspeckle picter in an unco auld and fr
ts tae undilutit tragedy. The kenspeckle natur o Racine’s wark heize
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Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
but proven tae wark in monie kenspeckle an skeely weys.
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 177, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
ark an haein been uphaudit bi kenspeckle peers the likes o Hugh MacDia
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Fenton, Janet A Guid New Year tae yin and a!, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central, blog
nd the 'Spirit O Scotland' is kenspeckle to a they fowk that cam oot f
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Malgrati, Paul Ayont the Fake and the Leal: Let's Free the Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
een whit's fake an genuine is kenspeckle. Makkars scorns Scots labbyis
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Smith, Jamie William Playfair: faither o data visualisation, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
a Scot an aw. The graphs sae kenspeckle in economics, science an busi
he echteent century’s maist kenspeckle legal battles. The’ war all
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Smith, Jamie Soonds o the kirk an court: early airt muisic in Scotland, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
aatho tae modren lugs no sae kenspeckle as the warks o Robert Burns â
t as ower fantoush. The style kenspeckle in contemporar Catholic worsh
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Heather, Alistair Bravehert: The truth anent William Wallace (pairt 2), (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
er the attack o knichts’. A kenspeckle achievement, testament baith
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Heather, Alistair Bravehert: The truth anent William Wallace (pairt 1), (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
amoont o certainty anent this kenspeckle chiel.
el fae the north. He haed led kenspeckle risins in that airt an owerth
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Heather, Alistair Whaur we cam fae: the Pechts, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
ad be gien a sair lesson. The kenspeckle 9t Legion o Romans, wha haed
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Heather, Alistair The Body Snatchers, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
sciences war mairchin on, wi kenspeckle discoveries bein made in ilka
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 149, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
likes o Sir William Wallace, kenspeckle actors the likes o Sir Sean C
rthday Oor Wullie!" Dizzens o kenspeckle media fowk wis eydently singi
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 115, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
s for schuils an author o the kenspeckle "But n Ben A-Go-Go", will pre
ew Fitt, o readin his areddie kenspeckle tho no yet published poem, Ka
lang sufferin guid-wife o the kenspeckle Tam O' Shanter. A think Burns
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 116, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
ichts for Scots whan sae mony kenspeckle Scots language upsteerers na-
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
ane frae Ireland takin sic a kenspeckle pairt in the collogue an, tho
ncy an, that's jobs is no sae kenspeckle as thaim o the medical staff,
A blithe an kenspeckle day!
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 176, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
SCOTS TUNG bids kenspeckle Scots leid upsteerer Colin Wi
at, tho clearly no wantin the kenspeckle humour (" Da what's consumpti
achan bi clachan" is evendoon kenspeckle. The likes o whan the adultre
is an actor an director wi a kenspeckle career in theatre, wireless a
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 175, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
lustratit bi Cam Kennedy, the kenspeckle Scottish team that's brocht o
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
The kenspeckle yarn haes been re-imagined in
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McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 59 - A Stot an a Cleg, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central, prose
erfu as Dante. Taviani is nae kenspeckle makar, but his sherp an mettl
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Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
he ferm, no ower crackie, but kenspeckle for gittin his ain wey. Snawb
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Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
throu Scots thirlt them til a kenspeckle Scots identity.
an an wumman. But Leatham wis kenspeckle in ither weys. He becam edito
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Young, Clive Creative Scotland an the sowl o Scots, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
e Scots Dictionary is jist as kenspeckle. There Colin Wilson’s Scots
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 100, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
as the survival o Scots, the kenspeckle particularities o Scottish En
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 102, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
entit bi Sally J Collins, the kenspeckle East Lothian airtist an buik
anent the life an wark o thon kenspeckle Perthshire makar, William Sou
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 106, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
The wis a hantle sicht o kenspeckle fowk wi an eddication backgru
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 76, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
, workin in Scotland, that is kenspeckle in thair ain kinna airt, the
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 86, (self-published 2001) Central, newspaper
and haes a wabsteid for thair kenspeckle Chewin the Fat shaw an ane o
IT haes been reportit that a kenspeckle company haes been engaged tae
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Douglas, Ashley The Smeddum o Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
‘wan’. There are, forby, kenspeckle dialectal variants: sic as â€
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Douglas, Ashley The Maitland Quarto and Poem 49, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2021) Central, prose
ugh the citin o a catalogue o kenspeckle companions (biblical, classic
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Wilson, Rab A centre of undeemous excellence fir Scots leid, (The National 2017) Central, newspaper
serious academic study bi the kenspeckle an weel respeckit academic Dr
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Kay, Billy Time for Reflection, (archive2021.parliament.scot 2022) Central, government
Ah wull stert wi a kenspeckle quote fae Hugh MacDiarmid, yi
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Heather, Alistair Tartan Tourism nae mair, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
Embra-based Finlay, kenspeckle airtist an poet, wis tane on
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Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
amang thaim some o the maist kenspeckle o Scottish wirds sic as whisk
ks that coont amang the maist kenspeckle o Scotland’s literary ootpu
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@billykayscot tweeted
cles an luiks braw as weel. A kenspeckle addeition tae the Indy cause.(2020) search twitter
ma favourite Scott novels wi kenspeckle passages o Scots fae the hull(2020) search twitter
eister @joao_kay Souns like a kenspeckle sensory stound tae the sensib(2020) search twitter

Doric

McGregor, Iain Lallans 78 - Scots Teegars, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric, prose
n the thermals heich abin the kenspeckle Acacia trees, wytin? Aye wyti on page 80

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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
f swatches frae Meikleburgh's kenspeckle past. His ain calf-kintra o S
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Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
Aye, yon's me. Kenspeckle ?? Check oot @OorVyce It's oo(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
lloos at the notion o' gien a kenspeckle designation fer settlements i on page 49

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