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The word 'slams'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
slamsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.7128
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
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.2 4 3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 16.3 3 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 4 3 3
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 slams in Corpus

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Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
me man. Sheu skites ootbye an slams the doar, an waits ahint hid, on page 46

1 matches

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
awa fae the kitchen windae an slams hissell flat against the back on page 1

2 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
tae spontaneously combust. He slams his fist oan tae the table wh on page 75

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 149, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
air predecessors', warkshops, slams, maister-clesses an collogues
1 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
hind him and the door quickly slams shut behind me. An unexpected
1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ar shite masel as the hoardin slams again as he lets it go. ‘Ye
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
it bangs aff the fence as it slams shut. Tam sits bolt upright,
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part one of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
methin tae himsel an promptly slams the windae shut, fuckin off o
1 matches

General Central

Travers, Martin A Nappie Lassie Blethers tae a Fritter, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, script
Iona. He slams his cutlery doun wi a clatter on page 4

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
She slams the door wi such force it's h on page 2

1 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
as til the bar, his free palm slams down across it to retain it. on page 72

1 matches

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