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The word 'chuck'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
chuckOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.72920
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
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
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 21 2 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 3
WCE - West Central 22.2 5 5
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 5 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 42.7 4 1
LAL - General Central 3.9 3 3
SEA - South East (Borders) 36.3 3 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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 chuck in Corpus

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Orkney

Orkney Voices Group Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Costa Chuck on page 136

1 matches

Shetland

@shaetlan_rose tweeted
a be clerty”, de new “dunna chuck bruck” https://t.co/vBWtwE8M(2020)

Mid Northern A

Wilson, Katie Becus a hae a sister a hae a friend, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Buckie, prose
in tae git supper and we’d chuck it doon oor throats so we cid
1 matches

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
neyWirds @Historic_Ally Dinna chuck bruck! (2020) twitter link

Aberdeen

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
ng broth-time and she made ma chuck some grains ower ma left shoo
1 matches

Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
on their helicopters as they chuck packages doon onto my land
1 matches

General Northern

Strachan, Shane Beyond the Sea, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Doric, prose
ey’re in here, ye say as ye chuck a baa back doon. I think you
1 matches

(South) East Central

McDowell, Diane Drummond (Ma's Bairns), (Independently Published 2021 ISBN: 979-8592734588) Central, prose
ister Tweedie... dinnae juist chuck him oot like a dollop o dung! on page 1

1 matches

McPartlin, Moira Before Now : Memoir of a Toerag, (Trilleachan 2021 ISBN: 978-1838360702) Central - Fife, prose
g ch cheap wool ah wanted tae chuck. Ah'll never use it now. on page 7

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
ce, choke, chop, chose, chow, chuck, chuckie, chuffie, chug.
1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
an emergency! They'lt huv tae chuck somebody else affy their leet on page 58

1 matches

Nicol, Alissa Poor Wee Livvy, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
lker busy. Emma got ready tae chuck it at the beast. As she threw
1 matches

Mortimer, Cara Bewaur o th tap tap tap, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
An a goat ready tae chuck ma can o ginger an skelp embd
1 matches

Clark, Thomas Wha's Like Us?, (Bella Caledonia 2017) Central - Bellshill, blog
dent Scotland tae a swampfu o Chuck Norris cosplayers. But a fair
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
wright tae sing whin the pubs chuck oot
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
ire. As some o them began tae chuck watter on the fire ithers beg on page 126

1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
“We used to just chuck the rubbish out anywhere,”
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
"Gie it a chuck! Ah've a right tae think," sn on page 90

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
An it'll fetch things when ye chuck thaim, an it'll sit up an beg on page 22
e, an aa at yince stertit tae chuck ocht she cuid lay hauns on at on page 44

4 matches

General Central

Clark, Thomas Diary o a Wimpy Wean, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785302145) Central, weans
ye bein a wide-oh, he'll jist chuck whitever he's got in his haun on page 39

1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
. Ah hope the cleaners didnae chuck it oot. ??(2020)

@weenell3 tweeted
At 80 odd you're needing tae chuck it! (2022) twitter link

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
An eet'll fetch hings when ee chuck thum, an eet'll sit up an beg on page 22
th Mock Turtle went oan, "ee chuck th - " on page 98
When they tak oo up an chuck uz, wi th lobsters, oot tae s on page 100

3 matches

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
awthing ony season had tae chuck on page 59

1 matches

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