Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'caain'

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Use in varieties of Scots

caain	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	15.7	51	26
ORK - Orkney	19.9	2	2
SHD - Shetland	11.6	2	2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	19.6	6	2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen	87.5	8	2
DOR - General Northern	17.7	4	3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	5.1	2	1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire	26.2	2	2
LAL - General Central	11.9	9	6
SEA - South East (Borders)	12.5	1	1
SWE - South West (Galloway)	55.6	4	2
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)	102.5	2	2
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster	42.2	3	1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)	109	6	1

Occurrences of caain 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.

Orkney

Miller, Alison Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Orkney, poetry
Oot on the Orphir loons? Caain the sheep? on page 39

1 matches

@peediepuss tweeted
Thoo could mibbe wun aff wae caain it 'research'(2020)

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
teral ta Alice ta fin hersel "caain dem aa 'du', spaekin ta dem a on page 25

1 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
dd ta wirk tagidder, du sees. Caain da hill, takkin hame da paets on page 74

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
s got - winkin an grinnin an caain you 'darlin'. Bloody chuncer! on page 8
e the Jeweller's ribs an near caain him aff the bar. "Or Ah'll gi on page 16
nna ony o ye even think aboot caain ma aat again. Ah certainly di on page 35
s an on the radio - folk war caain Missus Reed's hoose 'Kinky Co on page 66

4 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Ah think at caain ess place a salon is fairly s on page 11

1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
e men cairried on laachin and caain her an aal witch. Early the f
1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 77 - Anither Time, Anither Place, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
aa masel, mebbe fowk wid stop caain me Copperknob. Ay, nae doot. on page 29
haimmerin awa at the lettern, caain a gaitherin o doo'n-oots tae on page 30

2 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 87 - Andy, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, prose
intre haed ameest themsels by caain ane anither 'laddie' in a mak on page 30

1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 79 - The Bonnie Lintie, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
jist es young loun (Weel, A'm caain him a loun; he canna be muckl on page 24

1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 82 - Troke, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
'Weel, weel, caain awa,' says I. 'Naething else on page 88
but I wunna say his name. A'm caain him the ull-deer, for aat's f on page 90

2 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 82 - Beyond The Pale , (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
e Gweed Beuk itsel didna jouk caain a spaad a spaad, or, in a wey on page 72

1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 83 - The Umman, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
llat month. They gaed on name-caain an compleenin; I gaed on haud
1 matches

General Northern

Storrie Lewis, Jean Lallans 58 - The Bothy Loon, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
tak my turn alang wi the men caain neeps, dreelin and plooin and on page 124

2 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
a bress collar'-jist imagine caain aathin ye met 'Ailice' or een on page 45

1 matches

Murdoch, Steve Lallans 63 - Poacher, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
ogie an sclimmered in aneath. Caain canny, he raxed his airm doun
1 matches

(South) East Central

Fleemin, Sandy Post-Its, (sandyfleming.org 2005) Central - East Lothian, poetry
gauns, "Aye keep caain awa!"
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 62 - Blue Lift Snaw, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
gittin her birse up. Stop him caain Elsie his wee dou aa the time
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
traucht awa croodit roun her, caain oot in a richt clamjamfry, "P on page 27

1 matches

Neill, Willie Lallans 61 - Three Tales frae the Brithers Grimm, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Ayrshire, prose
r three hunner fowk wrocht et caain doun muckle aiktrees an makki on page 42

1 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
caain lassies frae thur mithers on page 39

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Keenin an caain, on page 57

1 matches

Holton, Brian Lallans 67 - The Nine Sangs: Brian Holton, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
ridin Pure Braith, see, caain Yin an Yang on page 23
caain ma draigon cairtie, see, the on page 27
caain twa draigons but, ay, and twa on page 28
caain the reid panthers, see, folla on page 29

4 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 59 - A Mass In Scots For Saint Andrae, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
Caain o The Halie Speerit on page 97

1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
rar, it haes had the effeck o caain doon the kind-of-a staundardi on page 56

1 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
ie. The howdie wife wis juist caain back her saicont brandy efter
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
The prophet wis leal til his caain an
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Watt, George T. Lallans 82 - Caul Stane, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
an the constant caain o craws throu the mirk. on page 24

1 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
stuff neebs, braw tae tent ye caain awa in Scots, gan yersel.(2020)
hoy aboot thir days! Howp yer caain awa fine ser.(2020)
@Engli1Morgan Aye keep caain awa fowks(2020)

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Dornan, Stephen The Widenin Sheuch, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Ulster, blog
ither. I mind folk fae Ulster caain the North Channel "The Sheuch
1 matches

Spence, Laura Tha Thoarn Tree, (Ullans Magazine 2013) Ulster, prose
ose. Grace wasnae tae be fun. Caain her, John leukked ben an ootb
1 matches

General Ulster

@the_gellick tweeted
labbers aboot #UlsterScots by caain it "Pigeon English", no "Pidg (2015) twitter link
fae Ulster, no just Belfast, caain a cone a poke is no because o (2014) twitter link
h o Sinn Fein (Oorsels Alane) caain @GerryAdamsSF - ony mair cra (2014) twitter link

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
r, twa blin men follaed hïm, caain oot, "Sinn o Davit, tak peeti on page 9
sïttin doon at tha mairket, caain oot tae yin anither, 'We play on page 81
be stannin ootside rappin an caain oot, 'Loard, wull ye no apen on page 94
nèr or a pairtie, dïnnae be caain yer freens, or yer brithers, on page 95
us sayed tae hïm, "Why ir ye caain me guid? Thair's naebodie gui on page 100

6 matches