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The word 'chaip'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
chaipOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.41810
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 36 11 5
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 32 3 1
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
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 28.4 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of chaip 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.

Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
ffin wis deer, bit deesil wis chaip, "A brainwaive" a thocht. Al on page 51
warm an dry, an weis fyne an chaip tae rein, a meyn baak en aat on page 64

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
n her teeth; she wis yoamin o chaip perfume an, wi the sin comin on page 59

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
grinnin an haudin up a tin of chaip deodorant. on page 37

1 matches

Shepherd, Robbie Harknin tae the braw souns, (John Benjamin 2000) Doric, newspaper
Healthy bit chaip maun be the answer bi the ong
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
a cut less an less each year. Chaip fuel wisna chaip fin it tuik
fuel wisna chaip fin it tuik sae lang tae gait
itement, fleg, an a bellyfu o chaip fusky he'd niver tasted afore
3 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
She stank o pish, fag dowps, chaip scent an foostie sex, an wadn
ae takk her tae Britain.….a chaip like thing tae lee tae the ba
2 matches

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
rials tae mak it, a haanfae o chaip electronic lighters strapped
1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Chaip Cider an wine aye helped thin on page 70

1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
eh dinna cum chaip, on page 1

1 matches

Ayrshire

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
it on the wuiden benches, the chaip saits, or we cuid pey dooble on page 23

3 matches

General Central

Johnston, Mary Lallans 73 - Back-Eyn, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
hap e girss like a chaip 70s carpet; on page 70

1 matches

General Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
Nae wunner it's sae chaip! on page 37

1 matches

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