A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

chisel Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.8 2.1 6 9.9 0 0 0
Number of occurrences94 4 1 0 0 0
Number of authors6 3 2 1

Occurrences of chisel in Corpus

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Central

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
e grace o God, twa gimlets, a chisel an an airn bar, they escaped on page 58
daft eneuch tae grup ony airn chisel or mash left oot in the frost on page 81

2 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ae choice wisnae a rifle or a chisel, it wis a library caird. It s on page 91

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Wha taen the chisel tae Pandora's hasp, on page 139

1 matches

Doric

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
ass abeen, haar inatween, The chisel cuts awa. on page 10

3 matches

Christie, Hilary Lallans 78 - Ma Freens in Chains, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric, poetry
Skart, chisel, polish, on page 74

1 matches

Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
ing, so I teuk me hammer, the chisel an a baer oot. I waanted tae on page 20

1 matches

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