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Use in varieties of Scots

tam's Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.6 11.6 6 9.9 5.8 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences3123 4 1 1 1 1
Number of authors14 8 2 1 1 1 1

Occurrences of tam's in Corpus

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Central

Bennett, Peter nobody remembers the birdman - Stovies, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
Tam's awready wirin intae his plate on page 13

1 matches

Beekman, Tony Lallans 84 - The Fate o the Philosopher, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
A bead o sweat trickled doon Tam's grey face. on page 47
ht tae get me the manager...' Tam's een dimmed a bit an his eyeli on page 48
Tam's eyelids opened. He wis still on page 51

5 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
'Aye, but they're only Tam's age. These ir right elder cun on page 5
am is the tap man. Obviously, Tam's brand new wae aw us, cos we'r on page 8
n roon the block a few times. Tam's bought bits tae sell aff aw t on page 10
ver their verdict. Eck is Big Tam's best mate. Big bruiser ae a c on page 21
Even though Kenzie lives aff Tam's coat tails, his ain patter is on page 30
Also on pages 46
7 matches

Beekman, Tony Lallans 85 - The Belt, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
Tam's hairt wis poundin, e'en tho t on page 40
Tam's name wis inevitably read oot. on page 42

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
y the opposite shift. Maist o Tam's crew didnae hae the energy ta on page 49

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Tam's nou transcended aa his civic on page 87

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Doon on Tam's hameland aw the week... on page 92
Gaein doon the watter wi Tam's uncle Frank on page 116

2 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
Till Big Tam's wife jist up an left on page 8
er Joe, he's walkin straicht, Tam's wife walks at his side on page 9

3 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
an Tam's in an awfie-like state.
1 matches

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
r mait Ae day when makkin aul Tam's bed At his craftie ower by Ke on page 15

3 matches

Smith, Derek Northwords Now 43 - Derek Smith, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2022) Doric, poetry
rebuilt wi Tam's Forest Quarry stane, on page 18

1 matches

Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
Piggie saa Tam's fleean shadow, an defily swun on page 79

1 matches

Shetland

Nicholson, James Lallans 58 - Do whit du’s telt, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
So Bert geed tae Tam's sweetie shop. He spent aa o h on page 17

1 matches

Southern

Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
'in thaim on tae the mercat o Tam's mishanter. on page 143

1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
"Tam's deid." on page 3

1 matches

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