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Use in varieties of Scots

fumes Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.4 4.1 1.5 9.9 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences118 1 1 0 0 1
Number of authors10 7 1 1 1

Occurrences of fumes in Corpus

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Central

Scott, Colin nobody remembers the birdman - Empty Nest, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, poetry
wi noxious suffocating fumes on page 172

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
I'm chokin oan the whisky fumes. That stuff's everlastin, ken on page 1

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
soon enough tae jist fae the fumes reekin fae their joint. on page 132

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
d-farrant. Despite the whisky fumes bilin in his napper Jamie clo on page 31
tae rise up amang the whisky fumes. Gin 1 cuid happen tae Tam, h on page 68

2 matches

Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
room, breathe away the paint fumes, the nights fallin intae a st
1 matches

Forrest, Liam Hittin the Toon, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
Awbdy got a gid sniff eh the fumes wit wurr burnin away folks’
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
esh air - instead of choking fumes! (2021) twitter link

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
Fumes - Rob couldna stan - got na on page 15

1 matches

Orkney

Orkney Voices Group Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
e canna get drunk braethan in fumes! on page 138

1 matches

Ulster

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
The air wiz free frae fumes o' oil on page 11

1 matches

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