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Use in varieties of Scots

kerryin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.9 0.5 1.5 9.9 46.5 0 7.7
Number of occurrences131 1 1 8 0 2
Number of authors10 1 1 1 5 2

Occurrences of kerryin in Corpus

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Central

Bennett, Peter TA Hauf an a Hauf, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ts makin his waiy taewards me kerryin the drinks oan wan ay they we
1 matches

Doric

@cligeey tweeted
elottisibrow A collieback wis kerryin somebody on yer back a back i(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Towrie, David Wirkin' the Tang - a dialect tale, (Orkneyjar 2010) Orkney, prose
e tang, and aa the trachle o' kerryin hid up abune the banks tae th
1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
first at cam wis ten soldiers kerryin clubs; dey wir aa shapit laek on page 80

2 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
n dere fillin dir kishies, an kerryin it up ta spread ipo da rigs. on page 7
cially whin we heard shü wis kerryin twins. Shü gude awa tae Aibe on page 12
m aa right," he peched, "just kerryin ower muckle weight," bit he w on page 60

3 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
haes da infrastructure tae be kerryin oot censuses. Da idder ting i on page 19

1 matches

Sandison, Iris Da Tree Peerie Grice, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, weans
fell in wi Lowrie o da Punds, kerryin a meshie foo o stray upo his
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Da secret wirld o Santie’s elves, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
We met an elf kerryin some hey. “Meet Wunorse Ope
1 matches

Ulster

North South Ministerial Council Twa Thoosan an Six - Twalmond Fynnin, (Ullans Speakers Association 2007) Ulster, government
haudit, takkin in tha oncum o kerryin on page 3

1 matches

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
sayed tae it, pickin it up an kerryin it intae tha hoose. Wullie tu on page 18

1 matches

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