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The word 'bum'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
bumOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus15.35130
ORK - Orkney 49.7 5 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 19.6 6 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 21 2 2
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 12.2 5 4
WCE - West Central 22.2 5 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 24.8 4 3
GLA - Glasgow 20.5 4 3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 19.7 15 9
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.9 2 2
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster 28.4 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of bum 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.

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
t the haet buildan under hids bum. on page 17
mon wi the proverbial 'duck's bum'. on page 43
y jumpers - Tae hide her big bum and her belly! on page 53
yer heid - awey and kiss yer bum." on page 55
whackan seven bells oot on me bum. on page 68

5 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
A Bum Deal on page 69
ye cud say...it's bin a bitoa bum deal." on page 73

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ed on the chiks o Chantelle's bum, jigglin awa, jist inches fae on page 59
." Chantelle pattit her ample bum an unfaistened anither button on page 62

2 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
e, an his maet wis locusts an bum bees' hunny. E fowk flockit t on page 9

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Or a nice bum, lang legs an a great pair o on page 39

1 matches

Aberdeen

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 67 - Twa poems bi Douglas Kynoch, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Doric, poetry
an e laigh bum-bizzin o e bees: on page 63

1 matches

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
rimmer tae deal wi the patchy bum fluff across ma jaa. This mor
1 matches

General Northern

Leslie, Deborah Tales Fae The Doric Side - Mabel, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
eth her heid an her wee waarm bum's sittin in ma ither een. She on page 97

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
it a fire an Suntie burnt his bum on page 157

1 matches

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 61 - The Mass Jack, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
oris Karloff wi a byle on his bum. on page 86

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
ae need money or brains. Same bum in the air if ye're skint or on page 1

2 matches

McDowell, Diane Drummond (Ma's Bairns), (Independently Published 2021 ISBN: 979-8592734588) Central, prose
bum, but decidit it wisnae the ri on page 1

1 matches

McPartlin, Moira Before Now : Memoir of a Toerag, (Trilleachan 2021 ISBN: 978-1838360702) Central - Fife, prose
frame she hus tae shuffle her bum right oot an stretch tae get on page 7

1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
air's aw the way doon tae her bum! on page 14
eyes, an he's got a pure sexy bum. The only thing ah don't like on page 22
s too busy pervin at Bunsen's bum, an bein really obvious aboot on page 67
Allan, an then he wiggult his bum at us an let oot a massive fa on page 159

4 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
big coal fire’ll burn ‘es bum
1 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Dalquharter (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2010 ISBN: 978-0-9559-105-6-2) Central, prose
ho it wes verra quate thare a bum o vossis an the streinyies o on page 2

1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
John's bum's in tatters,
Wi’ burns yer bum tae soak,
2 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
s yin act ae sympathy fur the bum. His puss soon corroded intae
1 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
aw wi knees as nakit as pale bum cheeks, on page 25
Skites on his bum, than on fowers alang the gru on page 87

2 matches

Smith, Elaine C. The Glasgow Gruffalo's Wean, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303425) Central - Glasgow, weans
st flew doon anen sat oan its bum. on page 16

1 matches

Atkins, Elise Billy Barr ’n’ Jonny Jimison’s Day Oot!, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Central, prose
she tells her Ah’ll get ma bum skelpt!”
1 matches

General Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
my een stertin oot my heid in bum. bazement. Mind that I wis in on page 12

1 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
t the polis; and meantime, ma bum, numb on page 95

1 matches

McLeish, Alistair Lallans 102 - Eco Cheil, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, poetry
It's brill wi stills o tits n bum'. on page 39

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
need ane! Hiv you smelled yer bum? on page 17

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
chaw the breeks nicht aff her bum, on page 114

1 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
d Pooh efter a while. 'VI pst bum awa tae masel, as if I wis wa on page 41
ye wid like maist: for me tae bum it the noo, or tae haud on tl on page 143

5 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
kept oan scratchin her bum on page 7
warmin her cauld wee bum on page 13

2 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 56 - In The Classroom, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
the prehistoric radiators wad bum on whiles teacher and pupils on page 37

1 matches

Robson, Frances Lallans 74 - The Tartanic, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
it sterted luikin braw. The bum o the erk
1 matches

@DABArbuckle tweeted
t ah aye kent he wis a bigger bum than ten arses.(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
or no dichtit yer bum! on page 19

1 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
tland Wee an sherp an jags ma bum Best jist no tae sit on him. on page 4

1 matches

General Ulster

Smyth, Anne I Corinthians 13, (Ullans Magazine 2012) Ulster, prose
ve disnae craa crouse, disnae bum an blaa.
1 matches

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