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The word 'chill'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
chillOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus14.74735
ORK - Orkney 39.7 4 4
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 11.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 26.6 6 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 12.8 5 4
WCE - West Central 18.4 4 4
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 21.7 4 3
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 10.7 8 6
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.8 2 2
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) 163.5 1 1
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 176.7 2 1
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 98.5 3 1
GUL - General Ulster 42.2 3 2
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of chill 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
o fire tae dispel the winter chill on page 35

1 matches

Cormack, Kevin Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
o oceanic chill. on page 9

1 matches

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
The watter chill an salt, on page 58

1 matches

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Her presence a chill in the air on page 115

1 matches

Shetland

Walterson, Barbara Da Trow o’ Fogla Skerry, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
self aboot it gave me a caald chill craalin up my back but I wis
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
t. Steenhillock hid catched a chill in the stable three wikks bac
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ere. As it wiz, the barefaced chill tried tae find its wye atween
1 matches

Aberdeen

The Flying Pigs The ‘Naked Cleaners’ idea is appalling. It’s sexist, demeaning, and at £80 an hour, steep, (Press and Journal 2018) Doric, newspaper
g a bit o’ a ‘Netflix and chill’ wi’ me on my sofa (Coonc
1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Dry bit a Sooth win foo o win chill,
TV mannie says it's cawed win chill.
Win chill cuts throo tae the been,
3 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
Fine day bit still a chill in the air,
1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
…. Seriously min, ye need tae chill oot. Fit did fowk like you de (2022) twitter link
o the week 11am - coffee and chill tae the best show on radio @c (2020) twitter link

(South) East Central

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
aylicht faded an the air grew chill
1 matches

Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
air, hopin she widnae catch a chill.
1 matches

MacDonald, Bo CAULD NIGHT, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
idnae end bit spread. Th' icy chill expanded, slowly seeping up m
identical recognisable bitter chill. Except noo 'twas aw weys. So
2 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ise and have a few drinks and chill out during these troubled tim (2020) twitter link

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ents can go an watch telly an chill oot or play the computer (exc on page 151

1 matches

Hardie, George Lallans 58 - twa poems bi George Hardie, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - Hamilton, poetry
o a November chill on page 41

1 matches

Nicol, Alissa Poor Wee Livvy, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
ight. The group screamed as a chill went up their spines.
1 matches

Connor, Bailey A SCOTS HORROR STORY, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
lether aboot the rain and the chill in the air. Hazel couldnae be
1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
the front n somebody shouts, 'Chill oot fuck, it's only the young on page 24
joints tae take the edge aff. Chill us aw oot n git a wee laugh b on page 49

2 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
g at um, Ahm jist like that, 'Chill oot everycunt. Nuhin's gonnae on page 171

1 matches

Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
him. ‘You gotta just take a chill pill, y’know? Does you no g
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ngers o frost an snaw, or the chill claws o sleet an tain, micht on page 71

1 matches

General Central

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
aur for me.' On hearin this a chill cam ower Kate, but her faithe on page 23

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
Klaus felt a cauld chill gang doon him as the on page 90

1 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
an the room grew dark an chill. on page 37

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
but Bothwell? In this chill, this dismal place? on page 17
His hert's empty, chill, an dismal. on page 35

2 matches

Law, John Lallans 56 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
fowk thay fail, whit cauld a chill thay strike in the hert o a b on page 4

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@g_hibby tweeted
cauld oot for gallivanting... Chill oot, there's always the morn' (2023) twitter link
a kip.. Enjoy yer evening A.. Chill, and get the music oan.. ?? (2022) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

Tindal, Betty Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
an chill ye tae yer banes. on page 161

1 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - The Stert ae World War III?, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
Hey, Scotland, chill! laughs Ahmed. Let’s not st
1 matches

West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)

@fairfaaye tweeted
Old Scots fundy, to suffer a chill, originally, Old French enfon(2020)

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
A sage, a fraud ait gies a chill, on page 21
An sent a chill intil mae bane on page 47

2 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
s ma's at Gretna Green, but a chill hastened bur feet as she imai on page 25
She felt the chill o Dalriada. on page 35
intae the grey-blue sea, the chill o watter laceratin hir pale f on page 50

3 matches

General Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
dentities. Thon mockin' bes a chill faictor agin mair participati on page 54

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Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
Jack Frost'll nip yer neb an chill ye tae the hairt. on page 47
Tae turn the chill o rain an wun. on page 49

2 matches

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