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The word 'chicks'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
chicksOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus2.588
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
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 21.9 2 2
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
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) 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 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of chicks in Corpus

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Orkney

@peediepuss tweeted
y Dennis, then FIBO Warden, 4 chicks fae Norway, reared to flying (2020)

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
dey nest safely wi dir peerie chicks. on page 37

1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 68 - Gordon’s Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Doric, prose
g blonde hair an blue een, an chicks like aipples. Nae hairm in he on page 35

1 matches

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
yer shinin peachy chicks on page 15

1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Every wan o ma chicks? Strangled at birth!? on page 144

1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
aboot the streets. The elder chicks ir wit it's aw aboot. They're on page 6

1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Hume, David Aince the corncrake caa’ed, (Ullans Magazine 2012) Ulster - Ballycarry, poetry
An aince A spied a mither’s chicks
1 matches

General Ulster

Stewart, Kenny The Wee Broon Hen, (no publisher recorded 2022) Ulster, poetry
the most beautiful wee yella chicks, that ye ever wanted tae own
1 matches

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