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The word 'bummer'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
bummerOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.73118
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 19.6 6 4
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 44.3 10 3
NEC - North East Central 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central 13.8 3 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 10.9 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.7 5 5
SEA - South East (Borders)
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 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of bummer in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ppen, John." Ah waatched as a bummer hovered in the heat haze, buz on page 44

1 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
for oot o ye will come a heid-bummer att will rowle ma fowkies in on page 8

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
n socht clearance wi the heid-bummer o the Culture-unit an the hei
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
, she girned tae a sonsie wee bummer,
daddylanglegs, the moch, the bummer, the flee, an of
2 matches

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
y piece, yarras, fang, foggie bummer, johnny groaties. https://t.c (2020) twitter link

General Northern

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
st Office "may A see the heid bummer" A speirt oot he cam, makkin on page 3

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Is day turns oot tae be a bummer,
Hale day lang is ferrly a bummer.
Noo this day is jist a bummer,
This day turns oot jist a bummer,
4 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
This day turns oot tae be a bummer,
Here is a day at's jist a bummer,
Jist for eence the day is a bummer,
o this day turns oot tae be a bummer,
4 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
hemmed iz in. It wis the heid-bummer, ye ken Sir
1 matches

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
heid yin o the gods and heid bummer o the universe, had a son and on page 1

1 matches

(South) East Central

Moodie, Gordon D. Lallans 90 - Snoke Iz A Pithie Warlock, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
rbet dabs. Ah speirs the heid-bummer nuris if Sadie wiz dwyinin bi on page 80

1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
cey @MusselburghAth aye its a bummer when ee keep bumpin intae lam (2020) twitter link

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
r cost eichty-six pund a pure bummer that wis and ah sellt it fur on page 46
ar auld. The Heidie, the heid-bummer, the supreme mistress o the h on page 60

2 matches

Clark, Thomas A Scots Pairlament?, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Bellshill, blog
CLUDGIE", "DENNER HAW", "HEID BUMMER'S OFFICE". It's the efterthoc
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
e, wha seemed tae be the heid bummer oot the lot, shoutit oot, "Si on page 25

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
I'll be the boss, heid bummer, the gaffer, the white hat on page 99

1 matches

General Central

McGregor, Iain Lallans 87 - The Neep Lantern, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Central, prose
the curn, an cuid be the heid-bummer in ony o the gemms oo played, on page 22

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
w. She wanted tae be the heid-bummer and naebody wis takkin the to on page 69

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
in when she said old age is a bummer. on page 43

1 matches

Law, John Lallans 56 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
a digital nock abuin the Heid Bummer's chair, that wis coontin a t on page 4

1 matches

Robertson, James Melt (Yin), (Kettillonia 2001) Central, poetry
A bummer wails; in the fire a dour bit
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Tindal, Betty Lallans 67 - Two poems by Betty Tindal, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central - Dumfries, poetry
r the conveniece o some 'heid-bummer' sumwheres) on page 129

1 matches

General Ulster

@the_gellick tweeted
el wi their #UlsterScots heid bummer, Brendy fae the Glens! (2016) twitter link