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Use in varieties of Scots

ma'am Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5 7.2 1.5 0 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences1614 1 0 1 0 0
Number of authors5 3 1 1

Occurrences of ma'am in Corpus

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Central

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
"Ye really are a smasher, ma'am! on page 22

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Mary Fleming: I ken, I ken, ma'am. on page 35

11 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
"It is a real bird ma'am, no a music box at aw," said on page 86
"I wid if I could, ma'am, but he says he wants the kis on page 89

2 matches

Doric

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
e country is, e ken. Please, Ma'am, is iss New Zealand or Austra on page 9

1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
o da country, you ken. Please Ma'am, is dis New Zealand or Austra on page 9

1 matches

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