A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'cheengin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
cheenginOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4135
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 13.1 4 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 74.3 7 2
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
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 cheengin in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
ldit, fired an cweeled bi the cheengin sizzens, as muckle a pairt o
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
e pit oot that her friens war cheengin the tale. "An she wisna lang
on cheil burned hissel alive, cheengin inno the planet Venus, tae he
war peelie-wallie an dwinin, cheengin inno the smush o grave-yird m
3 matches

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
Frae green ti blae cheengin throu the haar, on page 21

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
aein had 56 o 59 MPS. They're cheengin their line a wee bittie noo, on page 9
been behavin as regairds the cheengin political seetuation in Scotl on page 48
he fire', forbye, reflectin a cheengin cultural ambience in Scotland on page 107
in senior officers tae aye be cheengin specifications is aw part o t on page 122

4 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
It's cheengin, so am eh, on page 28

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
ind ye history itsel is ivver cheengin an particklary in Scotland as on page 10

1 matches

General Central

@iainnicol tweeted
weel stick wi it nou—save ye cheengin it efter yer tea.(2020)