A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

bams Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.9 12.6 6 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences2925 4 0 0 0 0
Number of authors11 7 4

Occurrences of bams in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
deck. "YOUNG TEAM, YA FUCKIN BAMS!' Danny shouts n runs intae t on page 45

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
on't mind them, he says. 'The bams. They won't bother you unless on page 7

9 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
tion tae society. "These auld bams huv too many rights fur ma li on page 38
ah tell massel. It really is bams like him who make me yearn fu on page 52
Justine's up north seein they bams?" on page 130
emindin me ae yin ae they wee bams ah often on page 168

5 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ot lik wur wacky baccy smokin bams on page 118

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
n't mind them,' he says. 'The bams. They won't bother you unless on page 5
Ah'm no feart o the bams at the big school. Efter aw, on page 20
ho hasn't been picked on. The bams here? A classic case of the h on page 47

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Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
"Gie me back ma cuddies, ya bams," shoutit Diomedes. on page 37

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Clark, Sara Scot Free -The Psychic Cost O Uisin Scots, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
bosses, bi yer peers, bi the bams on social media, bi yersel. A
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
aiy back taewards us, the wee bams he’s dispersed tentatively
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
hen the presenter shows these bams the hoose ae their dreams onl
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
that even these middle class bams wid be proud tae caw there ai
1 matches

Doric

@d_anderson878 tweeted
Michty! Fit wid ye dae wi bams? https://t.co/L2caSxnk6w(2020) search twitter

@72redz1903 tweeted
decisions based on opinions o bams on social media? (2022) twitter link

@fittiecrooners tweeted
m gan nae wye! Bring it on ya bams, love Terzer! X ?????? https:(2018) search twitter

@McGoo1888 tweeted
est ...the English are feckin bams man...utter wallopers...need (2022) twitter link