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The word 'chanter'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
chanterOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.21413
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.2 2 2
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 15.1 3 3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 2
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 chanter in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Thom, Bill The Quait Chiel, (Tapsalteerie 2013 ISBN: 9780992663100) Doric - Banff, poetry
Thi chanter cam tae life, on page 24

1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Bob the Dog fae the Bog, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
€™d his fingers dancin on the chanter. Michty but his fammils were
1 matches

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 115, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
"and the chanter o the ghosties
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
hine after the rain - what a chanter elkie was! (2021) twitter link

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
mogenes is still a first rate chanter on page 121

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
irns as weel fer hewis a braw chanter an storyteller, oor Jock, wis on page 67
takabin (peyit fer bi Glescae chanter Pat Kane), fowk were sleepin on page 103

2 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
tin, he can dae the lot. Some chanter so he is. But it's no joost h on page 1

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
and hauntit dug that plays a chanter fu o mange on page 43

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
that song, Jeanie an I. Some chanter, so he is. His dulcet tones m
1 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
and the chanter o the ghosties on page 17

1 matches

Holton, Brian Lallans 67 - The Nine Sangs: Brian Holton, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
clarsach an chanter, ay, a sonsie skirl on page 17

1 matches

General Ulster

@the_gellick tweeted
er Scots craturs niver blew a chanter! @M_McGuinness_SF (2015) twitter link