A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

chicks Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.5 1 3 9.9 5.8 0 8.9
Number of occurrences82 2 1 1 0 2
Number of authors8 2 2 1 1 2

Occurrences of chicks in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
aboot the streets. The elder chicks ir wit it's aw aboot. They're on page 6

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Every wan o ma chicks? Strangled at birth!? on page 144

1 matches

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 68 - Gordon’s Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Doric, prose
g blonde hair an blue een, an chicks like aipples. Nae hairm in he on page 35

1 matches

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
yer shinin peachy chicks on page 15

1 matches

Orkney

@peediepuss tweeted
y Dennis, then FIBO Warden, 4 chicks fae Norway, reared to flying (2020) search twitter

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
dey nest safely wi dir peerie chicks. on page 37

1 matches

Ulster

Hume, David Aince the corncrake caa’ed, (Ullans Magazine 2012) Ulster - Ballycarry, poetry
An aince A spied a mither’s chicks
1 matches

Stewart, Kenny The Wee Broon Hen, (no publisher recorded 2022) Ulster, poetry
the most beautiful wee yella chicks, that ye ever wanted tae own
1 matches

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