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The word 'christen'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
christenOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus1.555
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
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)
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 christen in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
cheust the very thing! Ah'll christen them the night. on page 47

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
wer the wee raft. "'Fit'll we christen it? Aa boaties hae names," he
1 matches

General Northern

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
in’ like, whau wis first tae christen ‘em wi thaur dubbie beets? #(2020)

(South) East Central

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
racter, choir, chord, chorus, christen, Christian, Christina, Christ
1 matches

West Central

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
That’s whit ma mammy Christen’t me
1 matches

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