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Use in varieties of Scots

mum's Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.4 6.2 1.5 0 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences1412 1 0 0 0 1
Number of authors6 4 1 1

Occurrences of mum's in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
Nobody's smilin noo. Ma mum's dabbin at tears wae a tissue on page 55

1 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
Ah know ma mum's upset. Ah know she'll be anno on page 1

3 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
A tear rolls down Mum's cheek. on page 25
That's it, ah conclude. Mum's always said go wi your gut in on page 27
workin in this town now your mum's got a record.' on page 34
said we'd all ignored hur ag Mum's birthday party. Ah didnae. Bu on page 60
ae before Lewis wis born, and Mum's never liked Aunty Marie.' on page 61
Also on pages 91
7 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
Rock a bye baby if Mum's at the top And goes back to w on page 40

1 matches

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Your mum's very lucky," said Missus Reed on page 64

1 matches

Ulster

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