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The word 'kelp'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
kelpOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.9136
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 2
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
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 1.3 1 1
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) 262.7 8 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of kelp in Corpus

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Orkney

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
The tide is oot, the beds o kelp glitter in the efternoon sun. on page 16

1 matches

Towrie, David Wirkin' the Tang - a dialect tale, (Orkneyjar 2010) Orkney, prose
olk gaan back an fore wae the kelp wark an the fishin.
1 matches

Shetland

Facebook link (Wir Midder Tongue 2016) Shetland
time German - wis waar (fur kelp/seaweed).

Mid Northern A

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
ae fae Bear's Heid. A wheen o kelp piled fower fit high on the b (2021) twitter link

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
sae eh chaa oen thi kelp on page 63

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
ae rockpools, dryin ribbons o kelp on the low stane waal as tour on page 50
he rocks as she walkt tae the kelp hut. She leukt inside. It was on page 51
"I saw the kelp hut," said she, "whaur Mary B on page 52
y no say she lived in the wee kelp hut?"' on page 55
umman crouched in front o the kelp hut that was still fresh in S on page 58

8 matches

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