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Use in varieties of Scots

groom Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.8 6 6 0 5.8 0 8.9
Number of occurrences1912 4 0 1 0 2
Number of authors10 6 2 1 1

Occurrences of groom 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

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
ah first guess at who wis the groom. on page 11
Div, the blushin groom tae be, comes up next. He's t on page 12

2 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
s brought gatecrashers an the groom endet up wi a bottle ower his on page 169

1 matches

Morning, Carey Neeps and Tatties, (self-published 2020) Central, weans
like groom and bride. on page 10

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
e" by baith the bride and the groom, and the signin o a written a on page 97

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
ley snufflin wi a cauld, wi a Groom, wi a gift for Mary.) on page 30
klace oot o a box held bi his groom, an haunds it ti Mary Beaton on page 34
entrance, an his groom's.) on page 35

5 matches

Percy, Ely The Family Situation, (The Interpreters House.org 2020) Central, prose
s brought gatecrashers an the groom endet up wi a bottle ower his
1 matches

Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ie lassie, Agnes, that he’d groom’t tae be canny but tuim-hei
1 matches

Doric

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
Jesus answert, "Div ye garr e groom's freens fast fan e groom is on page 88

3 matches

@cligeey tweeted
@shunad The bride n groom must feel affa(2020) search twitter

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
i dy lace goon. An dy groom, nane on page 100

1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
an cairied fur muffs, an the groom stuid tall in his naval unifo on page 24

2 matches

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