Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

chewin	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	5	7.2	3	0	0	0	0
Number of occurrences	16	14	2	0	0	0	0
Number of authors	12	10	2

Occurrences of chewin 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.

Central

Crichton, Tam Lallans 84 - Ower the Faem Pairt Twa: Doon the Watter, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
ma face tae birsken me up, an chewin on a chunk o breid, I daunner on page 54

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
pass wae ma heed doon, still chewin over family business. A wee . on page 38

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
that it wis held thegither wi chewin gum an sellotape (it wisnae q on page 47

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
n ah could taste the Wrigleys chewin gum Chris had been eatin. See on page 73
es in a row tae buy packets a chewin gum, said ma ma, The fourth t on page 109
e café bar wi her ma who wis chewin the ear aff some poor wee sta on page 169

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ey both huv a face like a dog chewin a wasp. Workin as a police of on page 6

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 103, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
The scripts o Rab C Nesbitt, Chewin the Fat an ithers is gaun tae
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 147, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
Onybody that can unnerstaund "Chewin the Fat", "River City", "Rab
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Tasteless, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Saltcoats, prose
a meenit later A thote A wis chewin' putty; wi lumps in it.
1 matches

Philips, Cally Gonnae No Dae That, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Turriff, prose
Scots tell stories. Ah’m no chewin’ ower theym banes. The Scot
1 matches

Clark, Thomas Till Houletgless an the Soond o Money, (The Scores 2018) Central, prose
orner, takkin in the smell an chewin awa wi gusto on a roll o sogg
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 86, (self-published 2001) Central, newspaper
wabsteid for thair kenspeckle Chewin the Fat shaw an ane o its pag
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@Angela1Sinclair tweeted
a wiz aboot 4. Went the sleep chewin it an woke up in the morning (2020) search twitter

Doric

Gray, Kathleen Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Ootlin, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
clarten it on folk an stickin chewin gum on books an in gym shoes. on page 58

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Maitland, Andrew Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Auld Mannie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
d. Until the cancer had come, chewin her aw up and spittin her oot on page 77

1 matches