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The word 'callant'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
callantOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.6229
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
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 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.4 1 1
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 21.4 2 1
LAL - General Central 3.9 3 2
SEA - South East (Borders) 145.3 12 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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) 35.7 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of callant in Corpus

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General Northern

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
yin bairnlik callant a birlin puddock stuil on page 3

1 matches

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 115, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
sel he is a wild, mischievous callant, and thinks nae mair o commit
1 matches

West Central

Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
whan ilka callant rettled on yer wunnock on page 137

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
"Ye are auld," said the callant, "as I said afore, An yer kyt on page 44

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ad David Hackston, an anither callant by the name o John Balfour. H on page 35

1 matches

General Central

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 58 - Gairm review, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
ter-maxter o names for the ae callant: "...an Tharmoid a luaidh, a on page 126

2 matches

Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
or a weel-faur’d and swanky callant cried Walter.
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
wart. Mr an Mrs Wulson hed ae callant ca’d Bertie, gif ma mynd se
A wis telt whan A wis ae callant, at the praisent herds hoose
olfcleuch Heid. Whan A wur ae callant Jockie Tailfer, fermer o
in A’m wrang. Whan A wis ae callant,
er. Frae ma speirins, whan ae callant,
12 matches

South West (Galloway)

Scott, Hamish Eemis Stane 1 - Fields o Stanes, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
d fields o stane as the lifie callant nou lys the forjeskit auld ca on page 21

1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Wilson, Glen Yarns 3 - A Ghaist Train in Portrush, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - Portadown, poetry
A callant stuid in the queue, scowfin
1 matches

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