A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

kippers Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.2 2 3 0 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences74 2 0 0 0 1
Number of authors6 3 2 1

Occurrences of kippers 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.

Central

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
Some kippers mibbe or some troot, on page 29

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
Probably half a poun o smelly kippers in the bag, Hughie sneered ta on page 35
a packet o fruit bonbons. Nae kippers. There wis a pension book, pa on page 40

2 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
he hoose oot wi’ micrawaved kippers
1 matches

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
s fae Banff an sells ye ra'an Kippers, lemon sole an heerin on page 15

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
said come on hame an hae some kippers fir tea on page 200

1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
n a clean table. I was sellin kippers in cairts at his age an then. on page 7

1 matches

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