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The word 'chairgin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
chairginOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.82213
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 21.9 2 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central 92.7 2 1
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central 13.8 3 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 13.3 10 5
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 88.3 1 1
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of chairgin in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
the same kinna stuff - only chairgin ye an affa lot mair." on page 11

1 matches

Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
d tae defend his reasonin for chairgin €18 for a pint o Guinness. on page 8

1 matches

Uri, Antonia Here's the problem wi the trad wife muivement, (The National 2020) Doric, newspaper
a trad wife are profitin fae chairgin ither quines tae tell them fo
1 matches

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
e. Immediately the Hydra come chairgin oot, bealin wi rage. It stood on page 11
panic ower there. The buhl's chairgin aboot, gowfin folk up in the on page 30

2 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
uv settled doon. In he comes, chairgin through the doors. As if he's on page 100

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
sses on folk ayont blamin and chairgin, on page 23

1 matches

West Central

Clark, Thomas Till Houletgless an the Soond o Money, (The Scores 2018) Central, prose
hit ye’re sayin is, ye’re chairgin me for the smell o food. That
“Ye’re chairgin me for the smell o food,” T
2 matches

Kirk Jn, Albert Guid Fences Mak Guid Neibours, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
Scabbit an chairgin a quid for an oor;
1 matches

General Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
n keen sichtit ee, gin he wis chairgin the scribes tae tak up thir q on page 14

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
Nixt day, the Prince gaed chairgin roon on page 9

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
The squirrels cam chairgin up ahint him... on page 132

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
Watch it bairgin, chairgin, splairgin on page 34

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
chairgin, inti the ruck - jumpin the on page 35

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Wee Story Aboot Love, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
oblin wi bleezin reid een cam chairgin oot. on page 73

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 73 - Waashin Day Weirriors, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
frae a deein haund bi a gyte chairgin horseman wha's cairry it tae on page 63
"Weel ah dinnae feel like chairgin ony mair guns the day," Fatty on page 64

2 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 82 - Nae Guid Ettle, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
aiconds the thunderin noise o chairgin buits rung thro the naerrae c on page 17

1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
, so £70 + VAT = £84. Is he chairgin VAT twice? Is he at it? This (2020)

South West (Galloway)

Tindal, Betty Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
are chairgin' fir favours, on page 164

1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
Chairgin the lang hud legs on page 28

1 matches

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