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The word 'chewin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
chewinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.11713
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 1
WCE - West Central 31.1 7 5
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 10 2 2
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
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of chewin in Corpus

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General Northern

Gray, Kathleen Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Ootlin, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
clarten it on folk an stickin chewin gum on books an in gym shoes. on page 58

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Maitland, Andrew Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Auld Mannie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
d. Until the cancer had come, chewin her aw up and spittin her oot on page 77

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(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 103, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
The scripts o Rab C Nesbitt, Chewin the Fat an ithers is gaun tae
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 147, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
Onybody that can unnerstaund "Chewin the Fat", "River City", "Rab
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 86, (self-published 2001) Central, newspaper
wabsteid for thair kenspeckle Chewin the Fat shaw an ane o its pag
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West Central

Dalgetty, Moira Lallans 104 - The Best Laid Schemes..., (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, poetry
chinge fae lookin like he wis chewin a waasp. on page 102

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
n ah could taste the Wrigleys chewin gum Chris had been eatin. See on page 73
es in a row tae buy packets a chewin gum, said ma ma, The fourth t on page 109
e café bar wi her ma who wis chewin the ear aff some poor wee sta on page 169

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Shoor Caan, Angus Tasteless, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Saltcoats, prose
a meenit later A thote A wis chewin' putty; wi lumps in it.
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Philips, Cally Gonnae No Dae That, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Turriff, prose
Scots tell stories. Ah’m no chewin’ ower theym banes. The Scot
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Clark, Thomas Till Houletgless an the Soond o Money, (The Scores 2018) Central, prose
orner, takkin in the smell an chewin awa wi gusto on a roll o sogg
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
that it wis held thegither wi chewin gum an sellotape (it wisnae q on page 47

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Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
pass wae ma heed doon, still chewin over family business. A wee . on page 38

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Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
t the Rabbie Burns sketch oan Chewin the Fat. A mixed bag ay accen on page 3

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General Central

Crichton, Tam Lallans 84 - Ower the Faem Pairt Twa: Doon the Watter, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
ma face tae birsken me up, an chewin on a chunk o breid, I daunner on page 54

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@Angela1Sinclair tweeted
a wiz aboot 4. Went the sleep chewin it an woke up in the morning (2020)

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