A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'carry'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
carryOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus14.24734
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 2
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern 17.7 4 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 15.5 6 2
WCE - West Central 39.9 9 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 5 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 14.4 11 10
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.1 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.9 2 2
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 116.3 2 2
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster 28.4 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of carry 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

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
I'll carry a secret in me heart on page 130

1 matches

Hume, Caroline Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Haev in a puckle o drukken carry-ons on page 126

1 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Smootie gengs ta Lerrick, (SCOTS corpus 2003) Shetland - Bressay, weans
hed decided at dey wid jöst carry on wi da twa families sharing
1 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
be quite absurd for her till carry id any further. on page 60

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
feish, eit Ronalt hid an awfa carry on getting eit shut richt, ei on page 26

1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
e her and said tae Jessie, “Carry on, Jessie, fit were ye gan t
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
s the Doric for Keep Calm and carry on – wouldn’t that look bet(2014)

Aberdeen

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will giv
1 matches

General Northern

@72redz1903 tweeted
eted whilst the real villains carry on. Regardless of who he is N (2022) twitter link
s for me is oor inability tae carry the ball fae defence intae th (2020) twitter link

@beast_afc tweeted
ng in @SoulAberdeen . Aw that carry awn aboot covid19 has blawn o(2020)

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
oricPhrases Ah't soonded mair Carry on Doctor than it wiz mint te(2019)

(South) East Central

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
@bhp1905 I carry one, but we’re talking aw da(2020)

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
at dobbies gairden centre n a carry oot as a viable alternative l (2021) twitter link
os - the hype hopefully will carry the lads through as its a big (2020) twitter link
@cathedral_sport carry oan regardless thats ma motto (2021) twitter link
lburgh @McBookie tbh all this carry on with football up here coul (2021) twitter link
dalkeith efter if ees need a carry oot n will b cruisin roond th (2020) twitter link

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ssus Auldhill tae the Cash 'N Carry fur supplies fur the school d on page 34
that wur staunin ootside wi a carry oot startet singin, on page 69
, Allowin that wee lassie tae carry on the way she does - the tw on page 76
dnae sell the young team thir carry oot; it wis awright fur ma da on page 99
ir ma an Iain an the way they carry on ah'm surprised you'd dae s on page 169

7 matches

Percy, Ely The Family Situation, (The Interpreters House.org 2020) Central, prose
n da disnae mean you need tae carry on the tradition. Whit yi tal
1 matches

Philips, Cally Wha's feart o' the library?, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Turriff, prose
somehoo she convinced me tae carry on up theym stairs.
1 matches

Edinburgh

Bremner, Stewart Haud Yer Wheesht?, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
he wrangs ah wis taucht still carry. Unlearnin those wrangs taks
1 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
ry day man - fuck that fur a carry oan. It's no fur me. on page 59

1 matches

General Central

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
ge, they will If no', they'll carry oan as iver. on page

1 matches

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
there's them that still carry yer name; on page 21

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Diary o a Wimpy Wean, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785302145) Central, weans
I mind how Bryce uised tae carry on back in primary schuil. on page 7

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
'It's a carry-on,' she continued. 'Ye're ji on page 5

1 matches

Harrison, Jean Lallans 59 - BARRY SCHUIL 1928 - 1934, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
led in us a love of dancing I carry with me still. We were taught on page 120

1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
ctive in persuading those who carry the attributes of these world on page 56

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
e tae my bed? If you seen the carry on that’s goin on in my bed
1 matches

Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
eel wet, and Lugs is hard tae carry coz he’s heavy fae the weig
1 matches

@jax6754 tweeted
ed as bein Scottish a usually carry umbrella awe time! x(2014)
3 Why yi should ALWAYS ALWAYS carry heidphones tae plug intae yir(2014)

@DABArbuckle tweeted
tesco wae nae mask, buying a carry oot for their hoose parties. (2020)

South East (Borders)

@jamie_ginger tweeted
gh the mud and creates a huge carry on dini even show there face (2019)

South West (Galloway)

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
to carry Commissione on page 47

1 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
in it and I've been asked to carry yon torch @handsupfortrad @Ul(2020)

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Carry ain on page 43

1 matches

Fenton, James The Lade, (Ullans Magazine 2001) Ulster, prose
he big watter turned nixt die carry, the lade begun, cut wae spad
1 matches

General Ulster

@OrangRuth tweeted
ger He needs a Leeds shirt to carry aff the Billy look and nat as(2018)