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The word 'kenna'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
kennaOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.4119
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
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 2
SEA - South East (Borders) 25 2 2
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 kenna in Corpus

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Shetland

Jamieson, Robert Alan Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
I kenna quhit he got up tæ. on page 21

1 matches

General Northern

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
hint," she thocht: "an syne I kenna fit wad come o his heid! I mi on page 79

1 matches

(South) East Central

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 67 - Clash fae Cauld Hill, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
ntermacious, an lauchin aboot kenna what. Ae sowel claimed he fan on page 39

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 74 - The Warld Nixt Door, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
We kenna the wunners ben thare,
1 matches

Edinburgh

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
e tae ye, feres: Rebellion! I kenna whan that Rebellion will come
1 matches

General Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
wis like himsel. But hech, I kenna hou tae see sheep throu kists on page 21
fair, wee prince,' I said. 'I kenna hou tag draw ocht forby boa c on page 82
be the same gif someplace, we kenna whaur, a sheep we haena seen on page 93

3 matches

Cameron, Peter Lallans 58 - The Cornfields o Lowdie, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
late doors or early morn, you kenna whilk, tae see the auld anes on page 47

1 matches

South East (Borders)

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
for a wee, Ah kenna whaur Ah im ava.
1 matches

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
afore A, masel, wur born. A kenna whan shei deyd. Shei an Nelli
1 matches

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