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The word 'chum'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
chumOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.92313
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 17.4 3 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 20.6 8 3
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 2
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 chum in Corpus

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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
p, an owerheard Margaret, her chum fae whin dey wir young, spaek on page 23
No onnly dat, bit he took her chum wi him, da lass nixt door at on page 37

3 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ain an it's the simmer aat my chum, Pauline, made pals wi Missus on page 63

1 matches

Ireland, Mark Wi A Facey Like Yours, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Banff, prose
Fan they get hame Callum's chum comes ti i door askin if he's
1 matches

Aberdeen

McDonald, Charlie , (Facebook 2022) Doric, poetry
If ye winted tae phone yer chum, ye hid tae use the dial
1 matches

General Northern

McBeath, Lorraine Tales Fae The Doric Side - The New Quine at School, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
I've a new chum, she's clivver and funny on page 54

1 matches

Young, Morna The Twa Chrisses, (Scots Language Center 2021) Doric, prose
lang and niver will. And some chum, Poppy or Millie or Tilly, wi
1 matches

(South) East Central

McPartlin, Moira Before Now : Memoir of a Toerag, (Trilleachan 2021 ISBN: 978-1838360702) Central - Fife, prose
taller than me so he strings chum up. They looked mint oan the on page 7

4 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
at he wesna commeissiouned ti chum derkies about on a condukkit
ng on ti Tornes wi ma herd ti chum ye. Jyne yeir dochter an
2 matches

Muir, Glenn David of Seafield, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
tae. He didnae like Pedigree Chum or Lassie, he wid only eat Ke
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Ozsome, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
rothy says tae him, “ If ye chum me alang tae the Emerald City
1 matches

West Central

Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
d git hum a better class o’ chum than he’d hud growin’ up.
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
t it micht be a guid idea tae chum him alang the road. They hadn on page 17

1 matches

General Central

Robertson, James Precious and the Puggies, (Itchy Coo 2011 ISBN: 978-1845023324) Central, weans
Poloko and spiered at him tae chum her doon the road. They were on page 58

1 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
ae see Heehaw, and Pooh could chum him ower there if he liked. B on page 79
'Will ye chum me, Hoolet?' said Rabbit. on page 149

2 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
cemetary. Een i 2012 whan my chum Bernadette passt thare were w(2020)
@jamesdoleman Nae in Scotland chum, yer smokin ae gey weird subs(2020)

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