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The word 'catchan'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
catchanOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.7127
ORK - Orkney 99.4 10 6
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 70.3 2 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
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 catchan in Corpus

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Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
Or in the boat at evening, catchan sillicks wi a wand. on page 95

1 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
man in this hoose - we're no catchan B.S.E." on page 31
Folk kept on catchan glimpses o a great big bright on page 55
Mind us catchan the minister's wife makkan wa on page 63
, he'll be that tuckered oot, Catchan up on rumpy-pumpy while the b on page 64

4 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
"J-Just to look," sheu says, catchan the poynt on page 8
faaster, wi aese an virt, an catchan noo the guff o Astrid's sweit on page 82

2 matches

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Catchan sight o the tradesman-turned- on page 17

1 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
catchan the back o the throat on page 57

1 matches

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Catchan in your throt an makan your h on page 97

1 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
an she's such a great wan for catchan mice-oh, A beg yer pardon!" s on page 21
n she's such a greast wan for catchan mice ee canna think! An oh, A on page 29

2 matches

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