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The word 'chris'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
chrisOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus77.724925
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 23.7 2 2
DOR - General Northern 119.6 27 6
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 15.3 6 3
WCE - West Central 901.1 196 3
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 18.7 14 9
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 41.7 3 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 chris in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

@DoricPhrases tweeted
ate an Bravehound team an tae Chris fa kindly sponsored her an ta(2019)

Aberdeen

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
Chris could tell the advancin weath on page 3

1 matches

Philp, George Lallans 67 - Thochts anent Sangschaw and Penny Wheep, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Doric, poetry
I mynd on meetin Hugh an Chris - on page 138

1 matches

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Wi ' bairns caa'd Chris and Meg, ooh on page 183

2 matches

Young, Morna The Twa Chrisses, (Scots Language Center 2021) Doric, prose
“So that was Chris and her reading and schooling
Ye’ll be seein she’s cawd Chris. Yon quine in the story.
ere’s nae mony a quine cawd Chris, but it’s a name I likit fi
And what’s a “clart”, Chris?
Thank you, Chris, she replied.
19 matches

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
@ChristopherHarv Aye Chris, it’s a sare fecht in the ch(2018)

@cligeey tweeted
sideDon @SheepFanFaeEly Phone Chris Boyd for rug advice couple o (2020)

@Franwella tweeted
on ma telly needs adjusted or Chris T's looking red, Stacey's bro(2011)

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
@markgibson1903 Jist ken Chris Packam and Boris Johnson's si(2020)

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 117, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
ottish Language Dictionaries, Chris Robinson, SLD Ootreach Office
its new Ootreach Officer, Dr Chris Robinson, cuid provide. A muc
2 matches

Crawford, Ross At Stake, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
and ither boys like Harry and Chris wur the first tae shuffle owe
1 matches

Crawford, Ross At Stake, (productmagazine.co.uk 2022) Central - Stirling, prose
and ither boys like Harry and Chris wur the first tae shuffle owe
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
alfw @BonnyriggRose good on u chris - enjoy the game (2021) twitter link
aboot it fir weeks - mornin chris lol (2020) twitter link

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
dy else startet laughin. Then Chris Rice fae ma Regi class shoute on page 13
her makeup an how she thought Chris Rice fae ma Regi class wis pu on page 24
aboot the Kirky disco an how Chris Rice had gave her a knock bac on page 27
Chris Rice fae ma Regi class went p on page 36
n wi Harpreet an Navdeep when Chris Rice come in an said, Yi'll n on page 49
Also on pages 61, 62, 63, , 66, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 77, 78, 79, 83, 88, 89, 90, 91, 95, 96, 97, 101, 103, 106, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 125, 133, 134, 138, 140, 141, 142, 145, 147, 148, 151, 152, 154, 155, 156, 157, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 169
192 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
fir Chris Rollie on page 14

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
Chris Robinson, on historical lexic on page 7

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2020) Central, prose
dy else startet laughin. Then Chris Rice fae ma Regi class shoute
1 matches

Percy, Ely The Family Situation, (The Interpreters House.org 2020) Central, prose
y, an ah wis not impressed wi Chris Rice singin,
1 matches

General Central

Robertson, Sine Lallans 59 - Newsins fae SLRC, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
Scotspeak, a book an CD by Dr Chris Robinson an Carol Ann Crawfor on page 87

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Diary o a Wimpy Wean, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785302145) Central, weans
nd that's you sittin there wi Chris Hosey in front o ye and Lione on page 4

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
nset Song an its wab o Doric. Chris Guthrie wis the heroine A did on page 58

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 56 - Cauld Kail Fae Embro, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
ers speirt aboot a Scots furm Chris Dempsey, fae the Information on page 121

1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth The killin fields!, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
iles weel-kent TV naituralist Chris Packham gied a warnin the bea
1 matches

Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
oot o me: Fat Karen and Ray, Chris and his new bird I cannae min
s what Ray and Fat Karen, and Chris and his new bird think o me.
gets embarrassed and so do I. Chris’s new lassie makes an excus
3 matches

@alistairdunn tweeted
tae be respected. top man is Chris Martin(2016)

@jax6754 tweeted
@chrisodonnell Well done Chris! Please is there any chance o(2014)
Got tae get back tae studying Chris! Please dae tell awe soon!? x(2015)
@IAmChrisRamsey Looks guid Chris! But whit happened tae yir Le(2015)

@OliphantWullie tweeted
g_4 Fitba, the beautiful game Chris!!! Ye aye gave 110% . Ma ain (2022) twitter link

@Chazzbat tweeted
Chris Rock is a sexist prick! Ah'd (2020)

South West (Galloway)

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
Chris wis a producer body, on page 31
Chris plooterin wi his tapes, on page 32

3 matches

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