A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'kinnae'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
kinnaeOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.1109
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
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 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 18.8 3 2
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 31.4 1 1
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 kinnae in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Furst Time, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
a hint me. A opened it. Some kinnae store place. Shelfs, shoes on
1 matches

General Northern

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Loch Skeen, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
interestit, it’s a kinnae coortin, ye micht say. Thayâ€
1 matches

(South) East Central

Jamie, Kathleen Eemis Stane 1 - Whimbrel, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
Sic wer ma thochts, heid-doon kinnae thochts, daunerin alang the s on page 5

1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
HaddAth @Brian_Pacey thats ma kinnae dog btw lol (2020) twitter link

Edinburgh

Purdie, David C. Lallans 59 - Terry Fae Brooklyn, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - Aryshire, prose
things, ovey-somethin - some kinnae cancer, ken? It wis a bit o a on page 136

1 matches

Capener, Jack This laund wis wrocht for you an me, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central - Edinburgh, blog
s recreational, uisin it as a kinnae playgrund – an interaction
benefits o connectin wi thir kinnae laundscapes. But nane o thir
2 matches

Glasgow

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
Thay kinnae forstaw no bein able tae paus on page 35

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
winnae tak it on,' said Adam, kinnae sweirt-like, 'but [ll hae tae on page 77

1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Reynolds, Charlie Krisamas time is draa’in near, (Ullans Speakers Association 2011) Ulster - Coleraine, prose
Krisamas noo-a-deys, wae hae kinnae forgot tha rale meanin o tha
1 matches

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