Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

chawin	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	23.1	36.4	4.5	0	0	0	0
Number of occurrences	74	71	3	0	0	0	0
Number of authors	6	4	2

Occurrences of chawin 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.

Central

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
Ah wis chawin the cud on page 51

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
late oot o their poackets and chawin them and slabberin ower them on page 6
m atween yer lips. He can mak chawin-gum that never loses its chaw on page 13
elpneb's factory cam oot wi a chawin-gum that never lost its flavo on page 18
said because she wis chawin thrawnly on a muckle daud o c on page 37
ken that this daud o gum I'm chawin richt at this meenit is ane I on page 38
Also on pages 39, 51, 64, 102, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 113, 114, 115, 116, 154
63 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
s jist the soond o gnawin and chawin as the beasts got tore in abo on page 76

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
the sea is chawin awa the frontier on page 71

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
This beast had been chawin on the banes o Eurystheus's p on page 7
them cheepin and chantin and chawin at each ither wi razor-sherp on page 27
th. The cuddies seemed tae be chawin on somethin and the soond o t on page 34
boat. The bleck cuddies were chawin on whit wis left o their comr on page 37

4 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
er fitbaa team, for flytin or chawin, or jist for nae raison but t on page 129

1 matches

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
e. Fin the great beasts stude chawin their meat, the rikk risin af
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
en the thrissles, the kye war chawin the cweed an Suzy hid fand a
1 matches

Irvine, Owen Eldritch Story, (The Gaudie 2018) Doric - Banff, weans
grun. He felt een o the dugs chawin up his airm. He strugglet tae
1 matches