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Use in varieties of Scots

dumfries Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words13.9 19.3 3 0 0 51.7 0
Number of occurrences4639 2 0 0 5 0
Number of authors21 18 1 3

Occurrences of dumfries in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Haddow, Kris nobody remembers the birdman - The Incomer, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
k mony a time aff the bus fae Dumfries tae stert wae, ay when there on page 77

1 matches

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
wance spaik o perty lines in Dumfries on page 34

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
than a poet's in a Dumfries howff - on page 23
Monument oan the White Sands, Dumfries) on page 28
Naw it's no EastEnders, it's Dumfries, nae weemin, weans nor bender on page 77

8 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
s they went, they mairched of Dumfries an tuik prisoner the military on page 26
t nae kith or kin. The Earl o Dumfries' grieve wad be roupin maist o on page 62

2 matches

Scottish Parliament Scots Leids Bill – Stage 1 Report, (The Scottish Parliament 2024) Central, government
sponse tae the cry fur views, Dumfries and Galloway Council statit- on page 21
Dumfries and Galloway Council unnersco on page 24
Shetland speaker speak wi the Dumfries speaker? Whit is common there on page 45
local authorities, incluidin Dumfries and Galloway Council, that wi on page 46
on whit staunerts wuid mean. Dumfries and Galloway Council descrive on page 52

5 matches

Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
HUGH BRYDEN wis born in Dumfries and warkt as an art teacher i on page 91

3 matches

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
n life, as a psychologist, in Dumfries and Galloway. He writes maist on page 165

1 matches

Ross, Derek Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
leyholer', but haes leeved in Dumfries fir the last 35 years, sae no on page 189

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Tae Dumfries Toon Cooncil on page 92
Ah'm prood tae say ma Dumfries friends on page 93
Dumfries Cooncil will pen ye in! on page 94

6 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
'Near Dumfries? Oh aye, the Borders.' on page 31

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
here, the bonnie, wunnersome Dumfries painter Christian Fergusson, on page 59
Dumfries comes tae me yince more on page 61

2 matches

Hodgson, Brent Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
ore? (The makar Josie Neill o Dumfries wudna lea a poem unfeenisht w on page 91

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
riginal meanin is a quote fae Dumfries scriever J. L. Waugh in Cute
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 175, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
. Thae poets cam frae Glesca, Dumfries an Galowa, Shetland, Buckie,
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Though, “Whit’s Dumfries’ river?”
1 matches

Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
ger oan whit joins a man frae Dumfries wi’ a loon frae Dingwall, a
1 matches

Gilliland, Sam Lallans 74 - Thof nae a rigmarie hae I, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
In douce Dumfries oor noble Bard sits fine an d
1 matches

@OliphantWullie tweeted
d aw the wey fae Shetland tae Dumfries. It has a rich historical bac (2022) twitter link

@LairnScots tweeted
a #Scot workshop wi weans in Dumfries this week as pairt o #BookWee (2018) twitter link

Doric

Shepherd, Robbie Harknin tae the braw souns, (John Benjamin 2000) Doric, newspaper
on radio o oor kyn o music - Dumfries, Musselburgh an Ardrishaig, t
e famed Hole-in-the-Wa pub in Dumfries, run bi Max Houliston, fa's b
2 matches

Southern

Tindal, Betty Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
er in the NHS Ah leeve nou in Dumfries. on page 147

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
Fellow In Reading Scots' fir Dumfries an Gallowa. on page 205

1 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
coast near New Abbey and ken Dumfries just fine. Great local words (2020) search twitter
numbers that left the Port of Dumfries (the Carse) over a century. T(2020) search twitter
Ayrshire whaur Ah'm fae (near Dumfries in the Stewartry noo). Still (2020) search twitter

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