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The word 'bumpin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
bumpinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus2.895
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central 23 5 3
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 1
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
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
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of bumpin in Corpus

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(South) East Central

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
aye its a bummer when ee keep bumpin intae lamp posts - foke gee (2020) twitter link

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
t me an ah pure felt ma heart bumpin up intae ma throat. He wis ab on page 25
an Nicola huv been gaun roon bumpin thir gums tae evrubdy in scho on page 75
an ah didnae want tae chance bumpin intae ma da. Ah could jist im on page 100

3 matches

Campbell, Karen Gie it laldy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Glasgow, blog
r firever electioneering, nor bumpin wir gums aboot Tunnocks teaca
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
dain’ that grindin’ an’ bumpin
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
"Eh? Whit ye bumpin yer gums aboot?" said Alice. on page 52

1 matches

General Central

Clark, Thomas Diary o a Wimpy Wean, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785302145) Central, weans
tae, but, cause she wis jist bumpin her gums aboot how rock and r on page 35

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
's a judge, she'd jist stairt bumpin her gums aboot in loco parent on page 86

1 matches

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