A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'cha'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
chaOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.92210
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 62 14 4
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 2
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
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) 51.2 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of cha in Corpus

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General Northern

Wheeler, Leslie Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Doric, weans
Macarena, Cha Cha an Mississippi dip on page 13

2 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Fit like, fit like noo, cha cha cha Fit like, fit like noo, w on page 147

9 matches

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
ar @andy_murray aye, he'll be cha cha chawi'n the lug aff 'o th(2015)

@fittiecrooners tweeted
@74sthstanddon It is rubbery, cha fer aboot 20 minutes tae eat (2018)

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
t wis sha-toe, said Karen, No cha-too. Aye that's whit ah meant on page 19

1 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Mumbo Jumbo, (Litro magazine 2006) Central, prose
t wis sha-toe, said Karen, No cha-too. Aye that’s wit ah mean
1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
they ah cha thi cud an talk like teuchter on page 115

1 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
cha's a shairp and clever cookie on page 3

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
Cha till, cha till, cha till, MacCruimein - on page 51

3 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
he nixt time he lukked at it, cha pup wus aa curled up an sleep on page 18

1 matches

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