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The word 'chef'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
chefOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.6129
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 17.7 4 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 13.3 3 3
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 3.9 3 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 28.4 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of chef in Corpus

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General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
(A-hah Chef Ramsay) on page 114

2 matches

@fittiecrooners tweeted
ep that lad oot o'the kitchen chef if I was you. Strictly nae en(2018)
barmaid manager come toastie chef hiz really pushed the boat oo(2019)

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
sends his compliments tae the chef. Ye didnae ken that, did ye D on page 117

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
hit. She said, She's the heid chef at a big posh hotel in Glasgo on page 169

1 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Cantsmell, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2020) Central, prose
t. She said, She’s the heid chef at a big posh hotel in Glasgo
1 matches

Glasgow

McCrory, Pat Lallans 57 - Jimsie’s Maw’s Soup, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central - Cowcaddens, poetry
A chef at the Ritz, near went oot ae on page 29

1 matches

General Central

@g_hibby tweeted
.. :) I'm away tae assist the chef in the kitchen noo.. ( Mrs H) (2022) twitter link

@Chazzbat tweeted
s Alya no mentioned aboot the chef bein telt no tae cam in? She (2020)
r__ Ye shud hae a word wi the chef.(2020)

General Ulster

@TheFarrierPhil tweeted
t. It's like havin a personal chef in tha hoose! ?????? https://(2021)