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The word 'chop'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
chopOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.82615
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern 35.5 8 4
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 20.1 4 2
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 1
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.1 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 31.4 1 1
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 chop in Corpus

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Orkney

Brown, Moyra Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
nelt wae me heid in the 'head chop-er-off-er'; cowld and very sc on page 29

1 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
kan o axes," sade e Duchess, "chop off her heid!" on page 57

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
n still inside them ready tae chop ye wi their raised swords.
1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - The Bigger Hoose, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
hen - disna ken a chip fae a chop). Bit Ah help him aa Ah can w on page 105

1 matches

General Northern

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
fit hed happent. Wes she in a chop? An wes aat raelly-wes it rae on page 69
The chop kytht tae be pang-fou o aakin on page 70
the brods an cheirs, for the chop wes rael pickmirkie at the ba on page 75

3 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
decided on and ordered a mock chop supper. (2020) twitter link

@fittiecrooners tweeted
hvale & comes back wee a mock chop, nae chips and pickled eggs!(2016)
darts wee the locals & a mock chop supper on the(2020)

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
a smoked savage chaser. Mock chop jist makes me blecher.(2020)
cket tammata soup or 'e tin o chop pork.(2019)

(South) East Central

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
chip, chitter, choice, choke, chop, chose, chow, chuck, chuckie,
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ake wan look at these feet an chop the bliddy things aff. on page 12

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2020) Central, prose
ake wan look at these feet an chop the bliddy things aff.
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
us a pair ae gloves an a fan! Chop chop!" An Alice wis that much on page 33
ae axes," said the Duchess, "chop oaf her heid!" Alice shot a w on page 60

3 matches

Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
at’s lyin oan the table, ah chop a few lines oot, takin the bi
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
"She's been sentenced for the chop." on page 44

1 matches

General Central

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
frae Coont Olaf telt them tae chop firewidd in the back gairden, on page 58
e tae get back tae the hoose, chop-chop." on page 89
aus and her had been made tae chop widd. The pile o logs they'd on page 104

4 matches

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
in o axes," said th Duchess, "chop off hur heid!" on page 59

1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
n o axes," said the Duchess, "chop hir heid aff! on page 59

1 matches

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