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The word 'dam'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
damOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus10.53522
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 36 11 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 3
NEC - North East Central 91.7 2 1
SEC - (South) East Central 5.2 2 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 10 2 1
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 3.9 3 3
SEA - South East (Borders) 24.2 2 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 41.8 3 2
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 31.4 1 1
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 116.3 2 2
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards) 35.7 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 65.7 2 2
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of dam in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Cameron, Alan Lallans 90 - Drumtulloch, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
'Dam the bit, yer faither shid be on page 84

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
die twa mile tae the Leddrach dam, an atween the dam an the fer
, an atween the dam an the ferm wis the Rodden Ho
rooned hersel in the Leddrach dam a five year back, fished oot
un gart the hyne-aff Leddrach dam shine like mither o pearl, fa
be nae skatin at the Leddrach dam this year ooto respeckt fur t
9 matches

Hutchison, Pat Mrs Clushet o Faaldydykes, (McStorytellers.com 2018) Doric - Banffshire, prose
sayin, “Na na, Mrs Clushet, dam ee fear’s o’t ye winna be
1 matches

General Northern

Mitchell, Rhona Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Wye it Wis, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
Maybe he gaed roon the Polnar Dam - mair nor eence! on page 16

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
bra an pants, dam ner in the scuddie ye ken. Fi
1 matches

TheChielMeister Nae mince in Moray, (youtube.com 2008) Doric, poetry
the earth an' I couldna gie a dam
1 matches

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
n tae the stables. He built a dam heid at the tap o the stables on page 23
were safely oot he broke the dam wi wan skelp o his muckle fis on page 24

2 matches

(South) East Central

Chalmers, Aimee Lallans 59 - Joukene Poukerie, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
sand. Ye cuid mak it intae a dam. Billy Bunter wuid see ye was
, for it wasnae worth makin a dam whan there was nae water. Ye
2 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
h, a ploddin, calm, mid-paced dam burstin, never frantic, but s on page 3

2 matches

Ayrshire

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
fae an auld sang cried Derval Dam are gey relevant tae whit I'm on page 11

1 matches

General Central

Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
We dau-dle oor dam-s a-hai-ll yea-r la-n-g... on page 141

1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 67 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
Tillicoutry thare's Gairtmorn Dam Kintra Pairk (www.clacksweb.o on page 65

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 73 - Proverbs o Hell, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
The dreep hauds in, the dam owercowps. on page 82

1 matches

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
avidence o inither siklyke dam, bot naeboddie cuid ivver enl
d til the new hoose, whan the Dam wis fleudit. Ay, Annie an
2 matches

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
ns gang through each drap fae dam tae dram an tank tae tap. on page 77

1 matches

McDonald, Hamish The Girnin Gates - Chapter 12, (Itchy Coo 2003) Central, prose
loch, ower a spill oan a dam. It looked lik a right lonely
se they originally built this dam tae supply watter tae the big
2 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Gillen, Charles Oot Here Mae Lane, (Words without Borders Magazine 2004) Ulster, prose
earty's a wean, but for these dam't oul pains,
1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Millar, Al Echas frae tha Big Swilly Swally, (Ullans Speakers Association 2023 ISBN: 978-0957666238) Ulster, poetry
ds, In thinkin hurly; Afore I dam corruption's bands, In writte on page 59

1 matches

Fenton, James The Lade, (Ullans Magazine 2001) Ulster, prose
loob road an doon tae the big dam at the lintmill, the yin lang
1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
unner tha watter o tha Heich Dam. A wunner did onie o tha boys on page 29

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
Browne's Irish Linen cud dam a river, she had affen bin to on page 34

1 matches

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
"Tha dam'll dae richtlie', on page 19

1 matches

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