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Use in varieties of Scots

knaw Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.7 4.5 0 0 0 0 38.7
Number of occurrences199 0 0 0 0 10
Number of authors8 5 3

Occurrences of knaw 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

Clark, Thomas Intae the Snaw, (Gatehouse Press 2015 ISBN: 978-0992857370) Central, poetry
oan knawledge, but can niver knaw, on page 13
that kensna yap; the seelent knaw!' on page 25

2 matches

Grace, Reyzl Eemis Stane 2 - Late Efternuin in the Hermitage, (Eemis Stane 2023) Central, poetry
but acause A knaw ma haund wad pass, in this li on page 6

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ys gonnae find a new cock tae knaw oan. So why the fuck should y on page 66

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
r infurmautioun, bot ye winna knaw
racord isna kent ti me, tho A knaw at he hed a histore o inanimi
ti Tornes. Puir Tammas didna knaw at he hed g’nappit aff
“A suppone ye winna knaw onie o ma neiger maisik?”
4 matches

Duncan, Robert The Oor-Wulliefication o Scots?, (autumnvoices.co.uk 2022) Central, blog
m o Never-Never: ‘Bot gif I knaw nocht the virtue of a voce, I
1 matches

Ulster

HRConnect Candidate Wittens Beuklet, (Northern Ireland Executive 2025) Ulster, government
* Knaw aboot the issues an' challeng on page 8

3 matches

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
niver knaw whut ye may fin. on page 13
future mair thaun ye wull knaw. on page 14
bot niver knaw on page 24
An hame ye'll niver knaw on page 25
yin thing A knaw In clouded thought on page 48

5 matches

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
anies tae mak' siccar at they knaw aboot potential hefts on page 10
anies tae mak' siccar at they knaw aboot potential hefts on page 55

2 matches

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