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The word 'chaw'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
chawOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8268
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 29.4 9 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 19.9 15 4
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
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of chaw in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
huff't, "Best theing aifter a chaw'v eit thi creel's," eit jist on page 30
an say's, "Yeer supposed tae chaw a bit an tel thi shef's eit e on page 40

5 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
boorich o pupils fell tee tae chaw their breid an jam.
at wid be the Divil tryin tae chaw him, the nesty, drunken, gris
eelie o breid or a veggie tae chaw an their dung wis aywise welc
3 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Tabby Sooker, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ish I’d sook the tabby then chaw it up tip ana. The tip wiz th
1 matches

General Northern

Storrie Lewis, Jean Lallans 71 - Snuffy, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Doric, prose
s met him it wis aye “See a chaw, Snuffy”. He aye obleiged b
1 matches

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
teeth in its mooth that could chaw through stane and steel. On C on page 51

1 matches

General Central

Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
. That meenit a look o mortal chaw glent ower the young man's de on page 134

1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
said: "Boa constrictors dinna chaw their prey; they eat it in ae on page 9

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
int the pigs and stairtit tae chaw the cud. The twa cairt-horses on page 6

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
Began tae chaw on baith her feet. on page 5
he wife wis wee and haurd tae chaw, on page 36

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
awin-gum that never loses its chaw, and sugar balloons that ye c on page 13
gum. I cannae dae wioot it. I chaw it aw day lang and ainly tak on page 37
ain efter I've gien it a guid chaw. Afore I sterted chawin for t on page 38
Slaver and slabber, champ and chaw on page 90
as it's chawin-gum and ] can chaw it, then yon's for me!' And q on page 108
Also on pages 114, 115
9 matches

Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Perjink, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927565) Central, weans
Cookbuik.' An he stertit tae chaw the snodcake tae analyse its on page 21

1 matches

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