A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Intro a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Texts Writers Statistics Top200 Search Compare

Concordance

Enter a word to find all occurrences of, for example ablow

- pre-sorted concord - post-sorted concord - map and chronology - chronogrid - similar spellings - fine-grain concord -

Use in varieties of Scots

plum Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.7 3.1 7.5 9.9 0 10.3 8.9
Number of occurrences156 5 1 0 1 2
Number of authors14 6 4 1 1 2

Occurrences of plum 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

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Or mebbe plum S-bends, they're aye in deman on page 99

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 58 - Gairm review, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
big teuchter, Desperate Dan, Plum MacDuff..." (But wha bears th on page 126

1 matches

Robson, Frances Lallans 74 - Soor Ploom Fairy, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
The Sugar Plum Fairy nivir hud a sweet tooth
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
It’s no possibil aye ti plum the mynd o man whan sair dece
1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
Milligan Boys, The Paddy, The Plum, The Raw, The Ricey and The S
1 matches

@billykayscot tweeted
ry jam on the nose and damson plum and bitter cherries in the mo(2020) search twitter

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
id the Duck with a drizzle of plum sauce served on a bed of cris on page 36

2 matches

Hutchison, Pat Tarrarra boomby ae, This is my dying day, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
d his mates hid eaten a tin o plum jam and hard tack for brakfas
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
toast racks. Ye sud be full o plum duff, mince pies, an birssled
1 matches

@fittiecrooners tweeted
t better than looking at soor plum face a'day!(2018) search twitter

Orkney

Hall, Simon W. Haggis tasting notes, and whisky pairings, (Brisk Northerly 2019) Orkney, blog
re sweet chocolate chips in a plum duff. This is yet anither ver
1 matches

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Where doon the Plum their water spills on page 26

1 matches

Ulster

Ullans Speakers Association Nursery Rhymes for Weans, (Ulster-Scots Agency 2008 ISBN: 978-0955791697) Ulster, weans
An pu'd oot a plum on page 29

1 matches

Reynolds, Charlie Krisamas time is draa’in near, (Ullans Speakers Association 2011) Ulster - Coleraine, prose
sore on tha oul turkey ir tha plum duff, an aff coorse, mak sure
1 matches

Web Analytics