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The word 'walcum'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
walcumOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus10.33311
ORK - Orkney
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 25.6 10 3
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee 31.9 3 1
EDN - Edinburgh 12.6 2 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 4 3 3
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
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 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region) 218 12 1

Occurrences of walcum in Corpus

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(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - Joco Geordie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
s haed in cowmon wis the cosh walcum an the blythness that eiked i on page 10

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
Collegianer: Walcum is this braw naig til me. Gui on page 48

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 74 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
summarie gien here micht be a walcum chynge. It is made up o five
er 74 haes Andy Eagle makin a walcum hame-cumin wi his raiglar ‘
ert Henrysoun haes aye been a walcum veisitor til the pages o Lall
3 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
“Walcum ti bonie Scotland,” he crau
“Walcum ti Embro, lass !” The dug w
“Andra bids ye walcum an wul sen a tryne ti fess ye
a swarrie. The pairtie wes ti walcum a nyow impriour o the U.N.
erie airt traivel ti Embro ti walcum the bells.
5 matches

West Central

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 59 - Rants and Foys, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
fremmit - the haill warld is walcum. Ye dinnae hae tae be a singe on page 56

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ernment. In the past few year walcum attention his been focussit o on page 58
the tap o Calton Hill, wi the walcum support o the then Labour Lot on page 106
human beins. Wuid it no be a walcum bit o democratic transparency on page 121

3 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Chronikil o Scotland (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-3-7) Central, prose
The wes a fair bit o a walcum fur the twasum. Bot whan it w on page 45

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Swallae and Amethyst (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-1-3) Central, prose
"Walcum hame, ye puir fremm buddie. Y on page 8

1 matches

General Central

Wilson, Rab Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
n shairly this buik wull be a walcum, if no indispensable, addeeti on page 134

1 matches

Hodgson, Brent Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
he fushermen. Gentie fowk wul walcum MacKay's beuk; leastweys thai on page 91

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
The new edition is a walcum source o evidence for languag
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
an can afford ti walcum ma freins.
1 matches

General Ulster

DfC Press Offys Hargey sets oot Owersettin Hub, (Depairtment fur Commonities 2021) Ulster, government
sch an Ulster-Scotch leids, A walcum tha ettlin o this Owersettin
1 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
e ye. If the' dïnnae mak yis walcum or gie yis a hearin, dicht th on page 9
bak, a crood o fowk bïd hïm walcum, for the' wur aa waitin on h on page 84
o that toon. An whar ye'r no walcum, ye'r tae lea that toon, an s on page 85
im, "Whaiver maks thïs chile walcum ïn ma name, walcums me, an o on page 86
fowk thonner wudnae mak hïm walcum, acause the' cud see he wus b on page 87
Also on pages 97, 101
12 matches

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