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The word '-ken'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
-kenOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus0.311
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of -ken in Corpus

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Orkney

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
oot the day! Rejoice, fur You-Ken-Who haes geen at last! Even M
wid be if, on the very day You-Ken-Whar seems tae hiv disappeare
ooms. ‘As I say, even if You-Ken-Whar haes geen –‘
m be his neem? Aal this ‘You-Ken-Whar’ bruck – fur eleven
nfusan if we keep sayan ‘You-Ken-Whar’.’ Ah’m nivver see
6 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
'It wis wrang Faither, I k-ken, but Jock Logie in Dykeneuk h on page 24

1 matches

General Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
a clock-bee fell frae I-dinna-ken-whaur. He made an almichty st on page 46

1 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
steer and stooshie and I-dinna-ken-whit ahint him, that a wheen on page 70
it'll-I-dae-aboot-yon-thing-ye-ken. on page 160

2 matches

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