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The word 'chums'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
chumsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.21412
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 13.1 4 4
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 31.5 3 2
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.3 3 3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 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 chums in Corpus

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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
gying ta da local hall wi dir chums, or tae da toon on a Settirda on page 4
t at June wis deid, an as her chums grew up, Jessie startet ta bi on page 44

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Mid Northern A

Harper, Norman Stronach: A Weekly Look at Life in the Fictional North-East Village, (The Press and Journal 2000) Doric, newspaper
said. Before the assembly of chums had a chance to agree or disa
1 matches

Ireland, Mark Wi A Facey Like Yours, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Banff, prose
ough for Callum ti tell a his chums aboot his y ti school so heâ€
1 matches

McArthur, Kaydi Rich n Peer, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Banff, prose
o Braco hid a wee clan o his chums go after James.
1 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
aa I time. Fit fine! Cheerio chums. #teuchter #doric #aberdeensh(2019)

Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia Naewey tae bide, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
n a jolly tae the park wi yer chums tae watch warld-famous singer
1 matches

McDonald, Charlie , (Facebook 2022) Doric, poetry
uid neighbours that are still chums
1 matches

McDonald, Charlie , (Facebook 2022) Doric - Aberdeen, poetry
gin widden tea chests fae yer chums
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(South) East Central

Gilmour, Rosie Ma Schuil, (Scots Hoose 2014) Central, weans
An am sad cos I'll miss aw ma chums
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 175, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
bean', 'up hill down dale', 'chums', an 'a tad' as easy as Scots
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Ozsome, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
naw tae waukin Dorothy an her chums.
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General Central

Harrison, Jean Lallans 59 - BARRY SCHUIL 1928 - 1934, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
ving me wi fond memories o my chums who shared my childhood years on page 120

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@OliphantWullie tweeted
way, it's Boris and his Eton chums. (2022) twitter link

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