A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'pam'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
pamOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus2.275
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 10.9 2 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
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
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of pam in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
ma hans were shakkin Anither Pam Ayres in the makkin! Fit wye on page 15

2 matches

Edinburgh

Sprott, Gavin Lallans 68 - Gairdens, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
The pam-pon o an ambulance. on page 98

1 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
al" cans that made yer auntie Pam on page 45
ur ye'll find yer auld auntie Pam on page 113

2 matches

General Central

@weenell3 tweeted
1 @bbcdebatenight @GlasgowPam Pam's just happy tae dae whit she (2022) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

@StuartPoet tweeted
syth @eddireader Thanks a lot Pam. TBH it's aw new tae me an aw(2020)