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The word 'kenspekkil'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
kenspekkilOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8265
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 12.7 5 2
WCE - West Central 69 15 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 18.8 3 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 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)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of kenspekkil 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.

General Northern

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 73 - Obituary for David Ogston, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric, prose
en haund-wrutten in a flawin, kenspekkil on page 12

1 matches

(South) East Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 74 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
s lang syne been completit bi kenspekkil lexicographers, but siller fo
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
he wuid be a kenspekkil feigur i the burgh. Sae Mirre
an enjosed the wunners o thon kenspekkil
kenspekkil rotour-craift at rescoursed M
the man, bot ti mak clair the kenspekkil naitur o’m. The wes nae en
4 matches

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 76 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
Gauin Douglas's Eneados. The kenspekkil Scots linguist, Caroline Maca on page 3

3 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 81 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Prestwick, newspaper
ro, an amang the speikars war kenspekkil feigurs the like o Caroline M on page 5

3 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
heichlie kenspekkil Scots, whilk isna ithout its on page 7
the Eneados itsel, bi a whein kenspekkil leiterarie on page 9

2 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
dmaist darg is ti jeidge what kenspekkil contributioun is brocht ti th on page 135
r ither wee huirds o buiks in kenspekkil steids. Nor wes Hogg an oot-a on page 137
lie but couthie, an hir maist kenspekkil feature seems ti be, leiteral on page 139
rlie pert o Hogg's career, ir kenspekkil kis o thair patriotic virr. D on page 141

5 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
s evendoun opeiniouns, an gey kenspekkil in his awn richt forby. But m
as a haill, an no in smaws. A kenspekkil date in its creatioun histori
2 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D The Kirk, The Skuil, The Buik (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2007) Central, prose
mployin the ruills. Thon's as kenspekkil a meith o the Scots langage a on page 11

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Traivells wi a Cuddie i the Cevennes (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-5-1) Central, prose
an evin on the mairch furms a kenspekkil meith in yer geir. A palliass on page 1

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Dalquharter (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2010 ISBN: 978-0-9559-105-6-2) Central, prose
hiz fawmous traisurs. It wes kenspekkil fur its waant o hingins an cu on page 1

1 matches

South East (Borders)

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
the freistit leafs mair kenspekkil
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Scott, Hamish Lallans 75 - Televeision, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
O fowk kenspekkil an the fremmit in places hame
1 matches

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