Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'chairm'

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Use in varieties of Scots

chairm	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	3.4	11	10
ORK - Orkney	9.9	1	1
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	325.5	2	1
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	2.6	1	1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh	6.3	1	1
GLA - Glasgow	5.4	1	1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	4	3	3
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)	13.9	1	1
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 chairm in Corpus

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Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
yaps aboot the tarf an retro chairm o astro-industrial arkietectu on page 72

1 matches

Mid Northern A

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
StuartPoet is that yer verse, Chairm? A couldna fin the author on (2020) twitter link

South Northern

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Montrose, prose
y McTavish, (Maantie) wha can chairm the seals wi her voice but su on page 124

1 matches

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric, prose
y McTavish, (Maantie) wha can chairm the seals wi her voice but su
1 matches

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
ither airts fur the braidest chairm , athoot, Ah howp, makin it so
1 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Taid o that Ilk (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2009) Central, prose
i maitter a bit, thon’s the chairm o’t. Whedder ye gang awaw,
1 matches

Glasgow

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
Ivryplace ootside haes chairm tae me on page 11

1 matches

General Central

McGregor, Iain Lallans 90 - Sally, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
ower an clap it. Thare wis a chairm, a intelleck, a inveesible at on page 58

1 matches

Briggs, Susi O Rabbie, I hae seen the day, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, poetry
Ye lost yer chairm , fer I hae clink
1 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
ns haes got a tongue that wad chairm a burd aff a tree.’ Wee Joh
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
nae metter hoo we sought tae chairm ye. on page 17

1 matches