SIARAD - Davies12
Instances of chav

1463SAL+< chavE yeahCE [=! laughs] &=laugh .
  chavunk yeahyeah.ADV
  chav, yeah
1472CERyeahCE xxx justCE yn deud xxx chavE &=laugh .
  yeahyeah.ADV justjust.ADV PRTPRT say.NONFINsay.V.INFIN chavunk
  yeah [...] just say [...] chav
1484SALyeahCE [?] &=laugh wnaeth hi # ac # erCE # dau ffrind fi wnaeth nhw gymryd y testCE (y)ma i xxx faint o chavE o'n nhw .
  yeahyeah.ADV do.3S.pastdo.V.3S.PAST+SM PRON.3SFshe.PRON.F.3S andand.CONJ IMer.IM two.Mtwo.NUM.M friendfriend.N.M.SG PRON.1SI.PRON.1S+SM do.3PL.pastdo.V.3S.PAST+SM PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P take.NONFINtake.V.INFIN+SM DETthe.DET.DEF testtest.N.SG herehere.ADV toto.PREP how_muchsize.N.M.SG+SM ofof.PREP chavunk be.3PL.IMPbe.V.1S.IMPERF PRON.3PLthey.PRON.3P
  yeah, her and, er, two of my friends, they took this test to [...] how chavy they were
1495CERalla i (ddi)m dychmygu hi fath รข chavE thoughE .
  can.1S.NONPASTbe_able.V.1S.PRES+SM PRON.1SI.PRON.1S NEGnot.ADV+SM imagine.NONFINvisualise.V.INFIN PRON.3SFshe.PRON.F.3S kindtype.N.F.SG+SM withas.CONJ chavunk thoughthough.CONJ
  I can't imagine her as a chav, though
1500SALpan mae mynd i (y)r gymE mae yn edrych fel chavE .
  whenwhen.CONJ be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES go.NONFINgo.V.INFIN toto.PREP DETthe.DET.DEF gymgym.N.SG be.3S.PRESbe.V.3S.PRES PRTPRT loo.NONFINlook.V.INFIN likelike.CONJ chavunk
  when she goes to the gym she does look like a chav

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