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The word 'chilly'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
chillyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.6129
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
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 17.7 4 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 10 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 3
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 chilly in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
nd tights - wrap up warm fur chilly nights. on page 75

1 matches

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
It's gie chilly fur June on page 113

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Cauld an raw affa chilly for June.
1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
Chilly for June bit it dis bide fair
Chilly for June his been a sayin sae
2 matches

(South) East Central

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@Brian_Pacey despite the chilly start - its lookin barry out (2020) twitter link

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Singin in the chilly shaidae-cubbart on page 97

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
‘Bit chilly the day, in’t it Marco?’
1 matches

General Central

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
Tae chilly morn, on page 16

1 matches

Watt, George T. Lallans 74 - Distempered, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
A tummle an toss in chilly solitude,
1 matches

@g_hibby tweeted
ll fae me... :) Oh aye, a bit chilly tae... :( Anyhoos, have a gui (2023) twitter link
That's us back.. Bloody chilly oot there..Anyhoos, the agend (2022) twitter link

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