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The word 'cain'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
cainOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus82610
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 6.5 2 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 35.5 8 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.6 3 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 11.9 9 2
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
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) 51.2 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of cain in Corpus

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Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
little wirt. An wi da mark o Cain on page 92

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
the verra first horseman wis Cain, an the magic wirds that coul
An his maister's name wis Cain
2 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 83 - Dunnottar, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
kens better nor me fit drave Cain ti kill his brither Abel. Jea
1 matches

General Northern

@fittiecrooners tweeted
Cain fit I hate aboot this cauld w(2016)
ger lad Duncan Shearer. Dinna cain if that will be the answer(2016)
g or bowls on the tele fan ye cain nae matter fit, ye wenna get (2017)
ks a hen night! Ma heed!Dinna cain far tae look(2017)
at the end o the bar, that ye cain is never gan tae yonder far"(2018)
and 3 other occurrences.

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
Howls a Yank. 'Man, Ah cain't git no satisfaction!'' on page 34

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
me, Annie arrived back at the cain. Betsy wis standin near the w on page 93
nstructit Annie tae watch the cain. She pit oan her coat an had on page 95

2 matches

General Central

Sprott, Gavin Lallans 73 - Cain, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
Cain on page 72
Whyles Cain had the satisfaction o kennin on page 73

8 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
esents When wull we get mair #Cain? Ah ken thur ur at least 4 ma(2020)

South East (Borders)

Purves, David Lallans 75 - On War, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Southern, prose
o worship an bigg a temple ti Cain that killed his ain brither,
1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Owre wee, A jaloose, for Cain: on page 19

1 matches

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