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The word 'grumph'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
grumphOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus2.796
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 21.4 2 1
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
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 grumph in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
anks in the air wi a gledsome grumph. It wis far ower
1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
arable land. Fermers nooadays grumph fin a puckle doos land in een
1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
her, I jist let oot a muckle grumph.
Aboot this day I mumph an grumph,
2 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Taid o that Ilk (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2009) Central, prose
pone. Than thai aw stertit ti grumph at ither. ‘Whitwey ar ye th
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
The Mous juist gied a grumph. on page 30
t?" said the HairyMaggie wi a grumph. "Explain yersel!" on page 42

2 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
el. She wis a meeserable auld grumph. on page 2

1 matches

@LairnScots tweeted
A doo, a cuddy, a grumph, a dug... 'The Tale o the Wee (2017) twitter link

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