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The word 'cams'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
camsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus16.95625
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern 162.8 1 1
ABN - Aberdeen 73.4 7 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 9.8 4 3
WCE - West Central 17.8 4 3
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 10.2 2 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 43.3 33 13
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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 cams in Corpus

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Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine WHIT TAE WRITE NOU?, (https://harryjosephine.com/ 2015) Orkney, blog
aboot the piece the language cams fae. Whan yir language is mer
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena The Doric Gruffalo's Bairn, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1785300691) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
Bit here cams a wee ane ooto his hoose! on page 19

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
izzens return: bit nae tae me cams back
1 matches

South Northern

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 63 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
stanza ends wi ‘When winter cams howlin in’, and the laist v
1 matches

Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
n is that paella specifically cams fae Valencia. Luckily, aire's on page 4
wiss favourite, an originally cams fae nae far fae Geneva. Them on page 6
s warldwide are dearer fan it cams doon tae the price o rent per on page 7
richt in the city itsel, but cams fae the 'Upper Douro Valley', on page 9
inna be short o chyces fan it cams tae fit tae hae wi yer chips. on page 14

5 matches

Uri, Antonia Will virus crisis mean a fresh stairt for Scots produce?, (The National 2020) Doric, newspaper
ers aften get slichted fan it cams tae bein paid for the produce
ill be ane o the sectors that cams oot o this unscathed, or even
2 matches

(South) East Central

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 90 - Serendipity, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
nce in a lang whilie a thocht cams tae mah heid an Ah wunner whi on page 32

1 matches

Moodie, Gordon D. Lallans 90 - Snoke Iz A Pithie Warlock, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
cumin aff Erchie. Whin Cissie cams back wi the tea, Ah seys 'Hiz on page 80

2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 86, (self-published 2001) Central, newspaper
will hae aw the necessar wab-cams, on-line speir leets etc. an
1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Rock Brake wi curly fronds cams creeping oot, on page 16

1 matches

Clark, Thomas A Scots Pairlament?, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Bellshill, blog
he steel o the Clyde. When it cams tae leids, the Sooth African
1 matches

Philips, Cally Gonnae No Dae That, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Turriff, prose
pelled tae translate afore it cams oot. Ah’m no alane in that,
’s in yer hert, it’s whit cams oot oan the paper that matter
2 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Taid o that Ilk (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2009) Central, prose
“Ayont the Wuld Widd cams the Wyde Warl,” sayed the M
1 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
noo, till anither thunnerbolt cams doon on on page 128

2 matches

General Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
yit victorie tae the yin wha cams ahint,' on page 14

1 matches

Scottish Parliament Scots Leids Bill – Stage 1 Report, (The Scottish Parliament 2024) Central, government
thingg that is needit whin it cams tae the Scottish Government's on page 7

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
Miss Gowdilocks cams stottin roon on page 30
Yon Ridin Hood cams skippin hame. on page 36

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
Here Cams Chairlie on page 1
uspered, 'Naebody ... ever... cams... oot? on page 16
nge tae you? And naebody ever cams oot, either!" on page 21
Then oot he cams! And noo, by sings, on page 91
the journey by boat! Here she cams! Look!' on page 92
Also on pages 109, 119, 132, 145, 146, 151, 169
15 matches

Clark, Thomas Diary o a Wimpy Wean, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785302145) Central, weans
ot a ton o tings, but when it cams tae common sense, he's awa wi on page 25
re gettin intae it, Mrs Craig cams stoatin roond the corner and on page 34

2 matches

Travers, Martin A Nappie Lassie Blethers tae a Fritter, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, script
! Ivery date A gae on hit aye cams up. An gif thair no slaggin a on page 2
in the mou. Nou an again hit cams in haundy bein bilingual. on page 4

2 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
teys. We'll bide there tae he cams oot. Then... Bang! Bangity-ba on page 9
le richt through the brae and cams oot on the tither side. Ye di on page 32

2 matches

Matheson, Ann Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
Michael's warsle tae fin Jess cams tae nocht. A loat o the tensi on page 90

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 73 - Proverbs o Hell, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
Halesome mate cams tae us free on page 79

1 matches

Matheson, Ann Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
bi a 'working class' family, cams 'hame', an a bodie jalouses s on page 128

1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Deid huddies an the Moray Eel, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
keen tae vote agin it whan it cams afore Parliament. Giein thirs
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
-daurk an then a search licht cams on, frichts me near oot ma wi

@Chazzbat tweeted
t An whaur dae ye think Scots cams fae? Baith leids hae the same(2020)

@DABArbuckle tweeted
believes a single thing that cams oot a Torie's mooth?(2020)

@pmcm1355 tweeted
heSNP Thon 1.5 million figure cams fae fowk thit identified as u (2022) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

@StuartPoet tweeted
s still a thing an it maistly cams fae the yin 'side'. Aw thon b(2020)