Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'grumph'

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Use in varieties of Scots

grumph	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	4.7	15	7
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	3.3	1	1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern	13.3	3	1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh	6.3	1	1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire	26.2	2	1
LAL - General Central	10.7	8	3
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
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 grumph in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
anks in the air wi a gledsome grumph . It wis far ower
1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
arable land. Fermers nooadays grumph fin a puckle doos land in een
1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
her, I jist let oot a muckle grumph .
Aboot this day I mumph an grumph ,
2 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Taid o that Ilk (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2009) Central, prose
pone. Than thai aw stertit ti grumph at ither. ‘Whitwey ar ye th
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
The Mous juist gied a grumph. on page 30
t?" said the HairyMaggie wi a grumph. "Explain yersel!" on page 42

2 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
el. She wis a meeserable auld grumph. on page 2

1 matches

Briggs, Susi The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - The Princess and the Grumphieman, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
"Grumph Grumph Grumph" on page 88
the widds singin tae hersel, "Grumph Grumph Grumph", aw alane... I on page 93

6 matches

@LairnScots tweeted
A doo, a cuddy, a grumph, a dug... 'The Tale o the Wee (2017) twitter link