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The word 'bombs'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
bombsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.82518
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 2
SHD - Shetland
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 11.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 12.8 5 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 4 3 3
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 41.7 3 1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) 163.5 1 1
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) 153.7 3 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 65.7 2 2
GUL - General Ulster 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of bombs in Corpus

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Orkney

Orkney Voices Group Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Free o bombs, tyranny, starvation on page 93

1 matches

Leonard, Ingrid Northwords Now 43 - Ingrid Leonard, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2022) Orkney, poetry
thi bombs fell, Peter cam tae thi door on page 18

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
e be socht bi the guairds fur bombs, syne bocht their tickets an
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Tarrarra boomby ae, This is my dying day, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
and the heavy bump o Mill’s bombs gan aff. The sound o feet abe
1 matches

Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
ences o land mines an cluster bombs tae politicians an aa ithers on page 5

1 matches

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Lallans 62 - The Numpty, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
were lucky, naebody wid drap bombs oan us, we should help. Dae o
‘… bombs destroyed several shipyard bu
Bombs! Oan the shipyairds. Far the
Spitfire! An they dinnae hae bombs onywey.”
4 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Humanitarian bombs?
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
n a mairket fer their guns an bombs, an thon's no accidental. Get on page 114

1 matches

Ayrshire

Lehane, Matt Red an Black, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
it’s no about bombs
1 matches

General Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
O the bombs on the grund on page 12

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
"They're wee bombs ye mak oot o bottles," Violet on page 130

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
In chirtin guns an fissile bombs, tae drouk on page 28

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
rain. No bullets, planes nor bombs on page 77

3 matches

West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
Thir burstin' bombs al' oor the place, on page 36

1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
A thunnerplump o bombs on Palestine, on page 39
While Rooskie bombs in skifters faa, on page 41
Tha dunthers o bombs dirled oor wundaes on page 56

3 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Pettrol bombs, cryin names on page 59

1 matches

King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
ouble, checkin unner cars for bombs.
1 matches

General Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
Fur Kaiser Bill's bullets an bombs didnae care on page 31

1 matches

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