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The word 'gums'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
gumsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.11712
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 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 4.9 2 1
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 1
GLA - Glasgow 15.4 3 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 4
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) 35.7 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of gums in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
her showin ower muckle o her gums abeen her teeth. But sayin th
1 matches

General Northern

@fittiecrooners tweeted
kes are good fer ma toothless gums bit the chicken a bit on the (2018)

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
dream-land whin he flaps his gums again. on page 1

2 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
uv been gaun roon bumpin thir gums tae evrubdy in school that th on page 75

1 matches

Campbell, Karen Gie it laldy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Glasgow, blog
lectioneering, nor bumpin wir gums aboot Tunnocks teacakes. Weâ€
1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
val, an they baith leuch. His gums shawed, she noticed. Weill, t
eill, they were nice, healthy gums, an it wis a cheery lauch.
2 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
"Eh? Whit ye bumpin yer gums aboot?" said Alice. on page 52

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
e just leave him tae bump his gums.’ Ah nod in blatant disrega
1 matches

Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
s, openin it up an dabbin his gums wae it, chucklin tae himsel l
1 matches

General Central

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
agin ma gums - the bean! An her lauch lik on page 38

1 matches

McLeish, Alistair Lallans 102 - Eco Cheil, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, poetry
Beat his gums in, paidled in his paunch, on page 38

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Diary o a Wimpy Wean, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785302145) Central, weans
cause she wis jist bumpin her gums aboot how rock and roll s "th on page 35

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
she'd jist stairt bumpin her gums aboot in loco parentis like M on page 86

1 matches

@Angela1Sinclair tweeted
t comes tae pastilles or wine gums. Ma faves(2020)

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Cromie, Willie Doon tha Wal Raa, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2024 ISBN: 978-1739905620) Ulster - Ballywalter, prose
le Yer eyes is yer een An yer gums is yer gims, Adams apple beco
1 matches

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