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The word 'cheinge'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
cheingeOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.9137
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 29.1 5 1
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
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 2
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 21.4 2 1
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 3
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 cheinge in Corpus

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Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
wey oot). Dey dunna cheinge fir number, so dey bide da sa on page 58
Ivver sae aft da vowel'll cheinge, as in on page 72
e wi verbs at haes sum kind o cheinge o location on page 76
e wi verbs at haes sum kind o cheinge o location sumwye or on page 95
uage as dey growe an shift an cheinge aboot een anidder. Dis sectio on page 98

5 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Traisur Insch (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008) Central, prose
'; at he hed speired whit-lik cheinge-houssis the wes alang the cos on page 4

1 matches

Sprott, Gavin Lallans 68 - Gairdens, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
Serious, they cheinge the odd word, on page 98

1 matches

Ayrshire

Neill, Willie Lallans 61 - Three Tales frae the Brithers Grimm, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Ayrshire, prose
"I hae haird at ye can cheinge yirsel intil onie beist ye fa on page 42

2 matches

General Central

Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ager. Whit left room fir this cheinge in practice wis whit Perry hi on page 38

1 matches

Holton, Brian Lallans 67 - The Nine Sangs: Brian Holton, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
o gin naethin wad cheinge, see, but bide like the nou on page 23

1 matches

Falconer, Gavin Lallans 63 - Richt Scots an Pithy Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
l an on, the wird uised disna cheinge the facts. If wrutten Scots i
whit’s richt again, an ony cheinge fae the policy o “if it’s
2 matches

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