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The word 'roam'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
roamOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3109
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.3 3 3
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
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 roam in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
reat monsters in far seas did roam. on page 72

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Goodall, Phyllis J. Berryhill, (timberford.demon 2000) Doric, poetry
on the hill there beasts did roam,
1 matches

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
toon, The streets o Foggie I roam roon", and "lockdoon, you're (2021) twitter link

(South) East Central

McDowell, Diane Drummond (Ma's Bairns), (Independently Published 2021 ISBN: 979-8592734588) Central, prose
tseck for the bairn haein tae roam the foreland, while aw ye ith on page 1

1 matches

Gilmour, Rosie Haimster Pairty, (Scots Hoose 2016) Central, weans
She's no alooed tae roam noo it's no safe at aw
1 matches

Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
Efter that, she started tae roam further. Wan nicht, she dream
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
in devices though: they could roam the streets at ten an eleven on page 81

1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Roam, roam until yi find whut on page 112

2 matches

General Central

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Why dae ye roam this plashy hour on page 5

1 matches

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