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cheils Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10.6 17 1.5 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences3433 1 0 0 0 0
Number of authors11 10 1

Occurrences of cheils in Corpus

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Central

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 90 - Serendipity, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
been ane o thai forrit kin o cheils wha jist jaloused awb'dy wad on page 26

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
phar an essayist, amang ither cheils. Hume wis thochtie that Sooth on page 38
l help ye spot an affa toatie cheils - like the oweruiss o saws, on page 49

2 matches

Forde, Iain W D The Kirk, The Skuil, The Buik (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2007) Central, prose
s bot a cairn, an ein mensefu cheils spak o eikin a chukkie ti'd. on page 25

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Traisur Insch (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008) Central, prose
t as a mouss whan onie siclik cheils wes praisent. on page 4

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - Andra’s Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
ginal is nou aa tae be Buchan cheils an quines? Weel, a douchty cr on page 50

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
vers', 'Nichtfa', 'Speerin', 'Cheils', 'Widder', 'Sennachie' an 'W on page 123

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
kshire wad'a seen twa curious cheils scrammlin aboot an pyntin dou
wi nae planets but mony, mony cheils cryed asteroids – fae the G
nd Jubiter but thay are fykie cheils, aye jiggin an dingin ane ani
til't millions o jeelt an icy cheils o aw kin kind o sizes an shap
bein ane o the biggest. Thir cheils is the left owers fae whan oo
9 matches

Fairnie, Robert Thochts o Speakin Scots, (peffers50.freeserve 2001) Central, prose
sic an ugsome thing tae thae cheils, that haed the best intrests
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
naiterel cheils. Ein puir Mirren, wechtit dou
n, the barr wes nou pang-fo o cheils at wes ettlin ti follae
wi ma felt baters fur drukken cheils wes aye sekein ti pit thair n
3 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
but raither progs, or robotic cheils, makkin the veage throu undem
stit, micht no’a factort in cheils we haena even thocht aboot. S
days we ken that mony natural cheils can pit oot seegnals. Nanethe
hat oor forebears whiles seen cheils in the lift that thay didna r
tury AD, Boece descrives orra cheils in the air ower Scotland. Bel
6 matches

Capener, Jack No Guid Eneuch, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central, blog
really maitter. Facts mey be cheils thit winna ding, but the wey
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
for maybe days yit till thir cheils is restit fae thair last trek
for maybe days yit till thir cheils is restit fae thair last trek
2 matches

Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
fae amang the community. Thir cheils affen comprehendit meenisters
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 105, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
"Facts are cheils that winna ding"
1 matches

Heather, Alistair Tak tent o the Cabrach, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
ly owned by ane o the richest cheils in England, a guid pal o the
1 matches

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
e the health profiles o baith cheils frae Dr Bandara's computers w
1 matches

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