A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

chaff Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.5 2.5 1.5 0 0 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences85 1 0 0 1 1
Number of authors7 4 1 1 1

Occurrences of chaff in Corpus

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Central

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
2. Skailed Chaff on page 112

2 matches

MacKenzie, Douglas Eemis Stane 1 - Puir Finch, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, poetry
You'd be the chaff. on page 13

1 matches

Bolland, John Lallans 71 - Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in progress, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
r’d sey, contentit. “Best chaff on.”
1 matches

@gordimhor1 tweeted
ottish people we're juist the chaff it's the tory chiefs and blue(2019) search twitter

Doric

Strachan, Shane DWAMS, (Tapsalteerie 2024 ISBN: 978-1916214880) Doric, poetry
bodies scrape and chaff bodies on page 25

1 matches

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Noo straw and chaff the threshing made on page 8

1 matches

Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
ye'll smash it completely tae chaff" on page 8

1 matches

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