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The word 'chippy'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
chippyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus10.23415
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 2
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
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 111.9 1 1
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 17.7 4 4
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 36.1 14 3
WCE - West Central 39.9 9 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
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 chippy in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Or rumble doon on chippy stones - and braak a brace o on page 75

1 matches

@peediepuss tweeted
k! Aal nivver trust a Lerwick chippy again efter a Skate supper th(2020)

Shetland

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
in da meadows in Edi efter a chippy fur tea.… https://t.co/WyqrW (2018) twitter link

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
them's a twa-three flees Nae chippy suppers foo o grease Like hum on page 15

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
can be Joseph.. yer da’s a chippy jist like the real Joseph is
1 matches

Mid Northern B

Johnston, Shaun The Forkie Gollach, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
first we heided to the local chippy for a poke o chips. We were a
1 matches

General Northern

@72redz1903 tweeted
ustvoteimo @DrMDempster Nivir chippy, aye chipper, ken fit like mi (2020) twitter link

@beast_afc tweeted
tae tak the mondo doon to the chippy but gonna walk it.(2020)

@Franwella tweeted
how cum the chippy n chinese are baith closed on(2011)

@fittiecrooners tweeted
mebody fa ends up gan tae the chippy(2018)

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
Mario?" ah snap "that fuckin chippy owner?" on page 64
doesnae mean he's a chippy owner does it? that's some lo on page 65
. "Ah actually saw a nice wee chippy acroass the road fae the booz on page 108

3 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
ts aroond here believe that a chippy. Or an oaff license. Or some
1 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
@19Mcculley Give me a guid chippy any day ?(2020)
@M_Bizquits Guy came in chippy yesterday, nae mask, and stoo(2020)

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
fae the fitbaw ali - quality chippy brother n handy when the blue (2021) twitter link
smashin awe the windaes in a chippy - awe the car driver done wi (2021) twitter link
is that - ps the east coast chippy in the burra is the best in e (2021) twitter link
kin talent servin oan alandas chippy van brother - am doon fir fi (2021) twitter link
ish supper fae the east coast chippy! (2021) twitter link
and 3 other occurrences.

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
oo the two ae them go tae the chippy fur lunch or buy rolls an cau on page 28
harlene wis away doon tae the chippy wi Laura Kyle an Nicola Bucha on page 100
Frieda had gone doon tae the chippy tae perv on Wully McCoy. on page 113
asked if we wantet tae get a chippy tae heat us up: me an him an on page 138
rnin cash in hand doon at the chippy. on page 140
Also on pages 142, 169
9 matches

General Central

Travers, Martin A Nappie Lassie Blethers tae a Fritter, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, script
in the kintra's maist clattie chippy - at the verra brink ae the on page 1

1 matches

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