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The word 'chick'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
chickOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.11711
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 2
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 2
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) 58.1 1 1
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 chick in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
e at the table and scoff doon chick peas wi a smile. on page 32

1 matches

Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
aboot bein vomited on. Classy chick me ?? #Shetland #ilovebirds h(2018)
Peerie Hawk / Smyril / Merlin chick meal https://t.co/PDXuj6dLxf(2019)

Mid Northern A

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Fun Easter Chick whilk includes a Kinder Aigg,(2017)
aat she is ower fifty. Noo ma chick is gye sair! https://t.co/mrs(2019)

General Northern

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
ses Yer lucky yiv jist a sair chick.(2019)
@DoricPhrases Ye hiv a fair chick.(2018)

(South) East Central

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
e fauldhoose miners at pick a chick night - oo jist clicked brot (2020) twitter link

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ss an she's a pure mad gothic chick. Her name's Frieda but she li on page 103

1 matches

McDonald, Alistair Lallans 59 - Huntegowk, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Netherlee, poetry
Wi yer ain chick as ye mak shift
1 matches

Dundee

@d_anderson878 tweeted
?? Fit a chick! https://t.co/QkXggjLO2c(2020)

General Central

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
O mercy leave nae chick unspared. on page 81

1 matches

@g_hibby tweeted
long as yer enjoying yersel' Chick, aw' that matters... Keep yer (2023) twitter link
1 @allieneave Is it warm rain Chick?.... If so, don't knock it... (2023) twitter link
@chickmckenna1 Hi Chick... Twitter is aw' away tae he (2023) twitter link

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Millar, Al Echas frae tha Big Swilly Swally, (Ullans Speakers Association 2023 ISBN: 978-0957666238) Ulster, poetry
"thon boy" Boal. Nae euphoric chick on wan nicht stan, Nae denty on page 30

1 matches

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