A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

lump Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words17.4 14.9 30.4 29.8 17.4 0 4.4
Number of occurrences5428 19 3 3 0 1
Number of authors30 17 6 3 3 1

Occurrences of lump in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, James Black Cuddy, (Scottish Book Trust 2019) Central, prose
lassie showed him the yellae lump on her airm. on page 5

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
r his chist cradlin a swollen lump that bulges ablow the cloth. on page 1

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Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
reek-ma-denry in, chowin on a lump o sugar. She fund a place nea on page 6

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
runnin high and ah kin feel a lump developin in ma throat. Bruce on page 157

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
but jist as he cam roun a big lump o ice whit shuid he see aroun on page 38
wis a twistit an scrunchit-up lump o metal. There wis a gasp as on page 52
n.' And he kicked the twistit lump o metal, that had aince been on page 54
, an he had pickit up a great lump o a broken branch like a club on page 79

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
h endet up wi a big shiny red lump on ma heid because ae her. Sh on page 169

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
Ah swallow the lump in ma throat. Well, that's th on page 45

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
"Like it or lump it, ye're gonnae hiv tae," Co on page 149

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
the Hollywood walk o fame. A lump forms in ma throat. Life in A on page 83

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Waddell, John Lallans 58 - Three Waddins and Fowr Funerals - a monologue, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
Look, A'll pit in anither lump o sugar an gie it a guid swee on page 59

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Beckett, Mavis Duncan Lallans 59 - Auntie Aggie, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
ie Aggie wis bealin. "Ye lazy lump, ye nivver dae onything tae m on page 118

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Robson, Frances Lallans 74 - Sloth, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
jist wan muckle lump slumped abuin ye.
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Percy, Ely The Family Situation, (The Interpreters House.org 2020) Central, prose
h endet up wi a big shiny red lump on ma heid because ae her. Sh
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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 62 - The Wee Tailor in the Haunted Kirkyaird, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, weans
’s jist a whirl o haar or a lump o stane or a brammle buss tha
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Clark, Thomas Yes Nae Mair, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Bellshill, blog
or bachelor pad an like it or lump it. We've got tae gaun oot an
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Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
s, their collective thirst, a lump ay solid iron, an the pubs ay
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Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
day. He in turn, parts wae a lump ay said cash every week tae g
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Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
al - complete wae egg shaped lump on his heid - up, an fuckin
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Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ckin degenerate, psychopathic lump ay excrement like him wid com
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Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part two of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
entre?’ he sais, the fuckin lump ay wid.
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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 59 - The Queen’s Shull’n, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
urther awa, bit he micht be a lump swicker gittin servit. He wis
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Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
cin in jimp-like, chowin on a lump o sugar. She teuk a place nea
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ll be a novelty - big, blate lump that he is - Ah’ll gie ten
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Coyne, Hilary The giant’s wife – or Ailsa the irked, (hilarycoyne.com/ 2021) Central, prose
ended – the man’s a great lump of dough. Strong and affable
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@RickHJohnston tweeted
the back o the Union. Dinnae lump thaim aw thegither. Dinnae pi (2022) twitter link

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 84 - Jamie’s Day Oot, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
death. Ower there a fantoosh lump o marble cloored bi some maso on page 40

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Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 90 - The Trump, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, poetry
A saa by the licht o the lump on page 34
An A peers at im unner the lump. on page 35

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 68 - Gordon’s Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Doric, prose
aid Mary. "He wis a great big lump o lard in life, an noo he's a on page 35

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Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
aud o suet The maist enormous lump Maggie hid nivver seen the li on page 15

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 81 - Pyntin the Been, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
Business Park grew lik a blin lump on the landscape. on page 8

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ips ma hairt an Ah swally the lump aat's risin in ma throat. "Ye on page 22
pyntit it the great, rubbery lump aat wis sittin quiverin on Ro on page 60
bi able te say. Ere wis a big lump in ma throat...bit Missus Ree on page 66
am's hanwritin. Ah swalla the lump aat's risin in ma throat as A on page 79
glowered doon it the eeseless lump o machinery. on page 81
Also on pages 91
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Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
p fae the fuskie bottle, or a lump o ice tae cool him
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Hutchison, Pat Bob the Dog fae the Bog, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
the heed wi a fower by three lump o timmer it winna ken fit hut
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Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
tae her richt side and said a lump o shrapnel fae the flack hid
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Hutchison, Pat The Stones That Turned, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
fairly so he’d picked up a lump o stick like a crummoch an ga
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Orkney

Sclater, Kathryn Gallows Ha - The chapel by the burn, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
A lump o stone in a cloot on page 7

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Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
A great useless lump on page 120

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@peediepuss tweeted
@kasmunro Bonny boat and a lump o a fish! (2020) twitter link

Shetland

Watt, Roseanne Moder Dy, (Polygon 2019 ISBN: 978-1846974878) Shetland, poetry
e it's dat mön i dy veins, a lump i de blöd whit set du here, on page 42

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Sinclair, James Makkin Hame, (Shetland For Wirds 2018) Shetland, poetry
da soond. Willie pulled aff a lump o twist
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Irvine, Chloe Untitled Poem, (The Scotsman 2021) Shetland - Whalsay, poetry
Peerie Lump wins in me trott,
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Ulster

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
intae ma gate-poast an tuk a lump cot o it. Noo tha boy drivin on page 25

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