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The word 'chalk'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
chalkOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.62112
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 162.8 1 1
ABN - Aberdeen 11.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 2
WCE - West Central 41.4 9 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.7 5 5
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 chalk in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Wilson, Heidi and Isla Then and noo, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Keith, prose
At schuil she hid a chalk board,
1 matches

South Northern

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 59 - Raymond Vettese : nineteen poems, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Montrose, poetry
wearied ancient arthritic wi chalk-stour?
1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 82 - Beyond The Pale , (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
aa that wir faimlies were lik chalk an cheese. Ye see, the Morric on page 72

1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
n glow hud been replaced by a chalk white complexion. And ah reca on page 68
in interrupted by yit another chalk white drunk who's ready tae b on page 171

2 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
nge, chair, chairge, chairms, chalk, challenge, chamber, chance,
1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
ard and scrieved wi her white chalk, Ah've awready sterted tae le on page 70
e the board and pleepin, 'The chalk! The chalk! It's movin aw by on page 213
ethin!' skraiched Nigel. 'The chalk is scrievin somethin!' on page 214
The chalk gaed on scrievein on page 215
The chalk stopped scrievin. It paused f on page 217
Also on pages 219, 220
9 matches

General Central

Beekman, Tony Lallans 85 - The Belt, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
. MacNeil slammed his piece o chalk doon on his desk an stormed o on page 41

1 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
she's drawin us wi sticks o chalk on sandpaper, on page 95

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
rn, ye niver kent her ere the chalk on page 8

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 56 - In The Classroom, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
like a sou at his blackboard, chalk in haund. There were muckle w on page 37

1 matches

Dempster, Michael DIGNITY, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
a faur chalk
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Haddow, Kris Ronnie's Story, (words.krishaddow.com 2011) Central, prose
€™s wisnae easy, no by a long chalk. But wi’ love and support,
1 matches

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