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chip Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words13.2 14.4 16 19.9 0 21.9 0
Number of occurrences4127 10 2 0 2 0
Number of authors33 23 8 1 1

Occurrences of chip in Corpus

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Central

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 85 - D.I.Y. Doctor , (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
en whit happens tae weans wha chip stanes at ilk ither?' on page 36

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Donaldson, Gordon Lallans 90 - Echty-Echt, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
wud fill a caur, an we cud aa chip in ti pey for the petrol. Dag on page 36

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MacKinnon, Ann Lallans 70 - Five Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, poetry
Others chip in - 'Well is it no on page 61

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
which Mrs Wormwidd got at the chip shop on her way hame fae the on page 49
r mingin fried fish and fried chip, and ignorin the television, on page 50

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
em a fuckin chip pan on page 94

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
hey wur tryin tae get her tae chip in money fur fags an when she on page 82

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Ignorin thaim wha'd like tae chip thaim oot, on page 41

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Quick as chip fat if not quicker, on page 92
Bocht frae the chip shop, on page 110

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McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
Their boy, chip off the auld block, on page 29

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Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
A wee wey doun, in the chip shop, the molten creesh is ga on page 72

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Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
chief, chiel, chimley, chin, chip, chitter, choice, choke, chop
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Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
n up wae some Korean computer chip outfit; an how the company he
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Muir, Glenn Al Fresco, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
that on Sundays a travelling chip van frae Carluke plied it’s
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Geraghty, Martin 378, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ight son. Yir a wee genius. A chip off the auld block. Yae get y
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Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
It’s ma aw time favourite chip-shoap dish
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Durie, Nick The Best o the Baith o Thaim, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
ye’ll can shak a Union Jack chip poke at is leein booed doon a
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Ewen, Allan The Blin Man an the Man Wha Couldna See, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
e o the warl’s best fish an chip suppers. Dundee: industry, in
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@DavidJWood2 tweeted
that, you cannae beat a real chip done in a fryer ??(2020) search twitter
p. Everything was done in the chip pan. Seriously, I thought eve(2020) search twitter

@OliphantWullie tweeted
. Couple o nutmegs , then wee chip oer goalie. When that went in (2022) twitter link

@fairpechtoot tweeted
pal wha disnae clean oot her chip pan. 'Ye ken me, Ah'd be affr(2019) search twitter

@weenell3 tweeted
RSRHIGHLANDER2 Dinnae mention chip butty ?????? (2022) twitter link

@LowEndJardo tweeted
Ma da used to chip ps1’s for folk n load them w (2021) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
maw makin me chips in an auld chip pan fu' o' beef drippin then (2021) twitter link

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
bocht mony a pyoke o sweeties Chip suppers, ice cream cones on page 15

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Y!" Ronnie aboot chokit oan 4 Chip es somethin stairtit meevin a on page 55

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Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
aird considerin that aire's a chip shop on jist aboot ilka corne on page 14

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Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Well ye can chip 'em up tae hae wi' a pie on page 193

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - The Bigger Hoose, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
a in a kitchen - disna ken a chip fae a chop). Bit Ah help him on page 105

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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
. A wife-beater wad be gien a chip implant tae inflict pain on h
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@DoricPhrases tweeted
Ah'm aetin a chip buttie - noo ye funcy aen to(2017) search twitter
Celebrating national fish and chip day wi tasty fishcakes aat Th(2017) search twitter

@beast_afc tweeted
organmlmx Fae Glasgow hivin a chip on yer shoulder... an lashins(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
mself a pattie supper fae the chip shop fornent.
d a group o them next tae the chip shop. He glowered at them as
2 matches

Southern

The Westender Ins and oots, (The Hawick Paper 2007) Southern, newspaper
ans wi ice cream and fish and chip shops. A fair likeet Nardini'
alian restaurant and fish and chip shops forbye. Mei, when ee th
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