Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Concordance

The word 'ken-'

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Use in varieties of Scots

ken-	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	3.4	11	5
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland	5.8	1	1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)	105.5	3	1
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
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire	52.4	4	1
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders)	25	2	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)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of ken- 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

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
oot the day! Rejoice, fur You-Ken-Who haes geen at last! Even Mu
id be if, on the very day You-Ken-Whar seems tae hiv disappeared
oms. ‘As I say, even if You-Ken-Whar haes geen –‘
be his neem? Aal this ‘You-Ken-Whar’ bruck – fur eleven y
fusan if we keep sayan ‘You-Ken-Whar’.’ Ah’m nivver seen
5 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
oucht Alice,) "Weel, A hardly ken-No more, thank ye; A'm better on page 37
hrysalis-ee will some day, ee ken-an then efter at intill a butt on page 42

2 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
utties Tam I must apologise I ken-nae fit cam ower ma Nae winner on page 15

1 matches

General Northern

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
smirkle. "In course ye dinna ken-or I tell ye. I meint "There a on page 82

1 matches

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
l while wi ye aa ... an ye ey ken-me-na, Phílip? In Fleming's v on page 136

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
ocht Alison,) "Weel, I hardly ken-nae mair thenk ye; I'm better on page 38
salis-an ye will some day, ye ken-an then efter that intae a but on page 43

2 matches

General Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
a clock-bee fell frae I-dinna-ken-whaur. He made an almichty stu on page 46

1 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
teer and stooshie and I-dinna-ken-whit ahint him, that a wheen m on page 70

1 matches

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
cht Ahlice,) "Weil, Ah herdly ken-Nae mair, thanks; Ah'm better on page 38
hrysalis-ee wull some day, ee ken-an then efter that intae a but on page 43

2 matches

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
s hamelt langage thair buist, ken-merk, staump-airn an hallmerk
1 matches