A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

gum Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words16.8 27.1 1.6 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences5251 1 0 0 0 0
Number of authors8 7 1

Occurrences of gum in Corpus

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Central

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
wis held thegither wi chewin gum an sellotape (it wisnae quite on page 47

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
uld taste the Wrigleys chewin gum Chris had been eatin. See, he on page 73
row tae buy packets a chewin gum, said ma ma, The fourth time on page 109

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
n yer lips. He can mak chawin-gum that never loses its chaw, an on page 13
s factory cam oot wi a chawin-gum that never lost its flavour n on page 18
nly on a muckle daud o chawin-gum at the same time. '"I'm a cha on page 37
t ye tae ken that this daud o gum I'm chawin richt at this meen on page 38
s gonnae gie me enough chawin-gum tae last me ma haill life. Ya on page 39
Also on pages 76, 102, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 113, 114, 115, 116, 154, 168, 169
44 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
wid clear ma lungs. It wisna gum though. It wis candle grease. on page 23

1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
that.’ he sais, lickin the gum ay the skins an flippin it, s
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
s hid the peaks an driftit as gum aroon the shoothers o the mon
1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
fit o it. Huv ye considered a gum sh(2020) search twitter

Doric

Gray, Kathleen Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Ootlin, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
it on folk an stickin chewin gum on books an in gym shoes. I w on page 58

1 matches

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