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The word 'chucken'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
chuckenOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.5185
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 52.3 16 4
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
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 chucken in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
Tho nae chucken - Jean made a richt bonny br on page 15

1 matches

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
Steil starving, a noteys't a chucken peikken on thi soop eit we hi on page 32
held a meeten. "We aw ken thi chucken seem's tae lyke thi soop," "A on page 33

8 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"A fyow slices o chucken," said Ina, efter a meenity's on page 26

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
wi the smell o burgers, fried chucken, chips and candyfloss. He cla on page 40
"Oh! Oh! Oh! Look! Ma chucken fillet!" Chantelle clappit he on page 60
ids oot the winda an saa the 'chucken fillet' gettin malagruized an on page 61
up, beef curry, sweet an soor chucken, a portion o egg-fried rice, on page 72

5 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
uppit his denner o tatties an chucken an skirlie, aff he wad gyang
1 matches

General Northern

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
baet ye aa roun the toun, ye chucken!", the Lion answer't; sounin on page 100

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
ssle, like a dried up stick o chucken. on page 51

1 matches

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