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Use in varieties of Scots

kyle Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words26.1 39.7 7.5 0 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences8579 5 0 0 0 1
Number of authors11 8 2 1

Occurrences of kyle in Corpus

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Central

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
r that's weel kent by folk in Kyle as "the Christian Cairrier". on page 25
allowa, even mair sae than in Kyle, there wis a great persecutio on page 26
aa roun aboot in the lands o Kyle an Nithsdale, the killins wen on page 62

3 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
ae a wee sign turning aff fae Kyle of Lochalsh. Ye can tell by ' on page 3

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ere wis this boay oan Jeremey Kyle who wis convinced his cat wis on page 16

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
Alasdair Kelman. Here. Laura Kyle. Laura Kyle comes runnin on page 46
ff. Punishment exercise, Miss Kyle, Wait behind at the end. Och on page 47
kin aboot thir cousins: Laura Kyle's relatet tae half ae first a on page 57
Me an Laura Kyle went in fur the trials fur th on page 66
when ah saw Charlene an Laura Kyle an the lassie fae Charlene's on page 73
Also on pages 80, 82, 83, 88, 91, 93, 97, 100, 101, 105, 107, 108, 111, 112, 113, 122, 124, 127, 131, 132, 133, 135, 138, 146, 148, 156, 158, 169
63 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Cantsmell, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2020) Central, prose
Laura Kyle’s gettin moved seats cos sh
believe it willint yi. Laura Kyle’s best subject in school is
2 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
en yeir eftir, A trystit bi a kyle wi Rab in a chantie wrasslerâ
the disks an wi ilka kyle Ebenezer kikkit hiz dowp an c
2 matches

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
he auld airt o Ayrshire cried Kyle, I stey in a cooncil hoose at
ory o Gawston, the Valley and Kyle that I
llace an Bruce in nor pairt o Kyle.
that like me ye were born in Kyle an belang there yet.
4 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 75, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
fack, thare wis twa an a hauf kyle o raip lyin on the bare wuide
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
bells. A boay ah yince kent, Kyle, his name wis. Perr bastard g
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
member what happened tae Perr Kyle. That bein said though, eh? a
1 matches

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Ah've waatched Jeremy Kyle an Cash in the Attic...an noo on page 84

1 matches

@fittiecrooners tweeted
s on her arse watching Jeremy Kyle! Nae chunce, awa tae sneak oo(2016) search twitter
is jist repeats! Fits Jeremy Kyle deen on at 5am? Used tae be s(2017) search twitter
me tv as any sight oÂ’ Jeremy Kyle or that blooming Loose Wifies(2018) search twitter
Wife watching yon Jeremy Kyle yet again! Dinna ken fit she (2018) search twitter

Ulster

@OrangRuth tweeted
ardColes @_F_B_G_ Ian Richard Kyle Paisley would have dispelled (2019) search twitter