Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'kinch'

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Use in varieties of Scots

kinch	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	6.3	21	10
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	13.3	3	1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	4.9	2	1
WCE - West Central	8.9	2	2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh	12.4	2	2
GLA - Glasgow	15.4	3	1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	11.8	9	4
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)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of kinch 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

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
as the best redd-hann for the kinch, she cleikit a haad o baith t on page 50
Aat wes a kinch. Efter a blink, Ailice begoud on page 56
skelf o aa! It'll hae a richt kinch winnin throu the reef, Ijalou on page 71

3 matches

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 177, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
language wi cless is a muckle kinch in ettlin tae forder the Scot
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
ity Languages shuidna mak ony kinch but shuid be seen as assets,
1 matches

West Central

Aitken, Jim Lallans 104 - A Pauchle o Thochts oan the Middle Aist, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, prose
irly yon would be better. The kinch wi fair-do's for the maisters on page 27

1 matches

Kirk Jn, Albert Whit, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
Niver the sowel tae jouk by a kinch ,
1 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Chronikil o Scotland (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-3-7) Central, prose
The Pechts hed a kinch. The Drewits, at wes thair re on page 47

1 matches

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
begoud. His answer tae ivery kinch and castback wis ‘I will wi
1 matches

Glasgow

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
In a Kinch on page 24

3 matches

General Central

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 102 - A Sang tae the Heir, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, poetry
uckle joy may ye hae fae your kinch an your snorl, on page 12

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - review, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
it in the theatre wad tak the kinch an shaw us yin or twa o thir on page 109

1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 74 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
er, an acause o this it’s a kinch tae identifee wha a mailie is
1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 62 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
blo the grund o Maurs but the kinch wi gamma rays is that thay da
1 matches

Robertson, Colin Lallans 81 - Wildlaw, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
ch species is weill-kent. The kinch is at we lippen til beiss, pl
The kinch is hou ti turn thir statement
2 matches

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
hteen, he wis in a kittlesome kinch . He haed fankelt hissel athin
thon kinch , laestweys for a while’s ti
wark, but that wis whaur the kinch turnt
3 matches