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The word 'lumps'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
lumpsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.22419
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 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 3
WCE - West Central 17.8 4 4
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 2
GLA - Glasgow 20.1 4 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 3
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 lumps in Corpus

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Orkney

Hollinrake, Fran Flett Assipattle and the Mester Stoorworm, (Orkney Heritage Society 2010) Orkney, poetry
d's yackles brakked in muckle lumps:
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
Lumps o plastic an metal that dee f on page 15

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
in the keeper gied them sugar lumps, an scrattit their nebs, an w
1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Cauld drinks were poored, wi lumps o ice bobbin aboot in he
1 matches

Mitchell, Ian R. Lallans 63 - Walkin Woundit, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
and Q doors and the carriage lumps ootside, that mony o them hae
1 matches

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 68 - The Fower Jyners o the Apocalypse, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
k doun the middle. Twa muckle lumps o plate gless cam at Ian's he on page 26

1 matches

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
kin fine his feet'll be like lumps o' lead. It's little wonder t on page 11

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
an he'd seen Shuggie knockin lumps oot o it, an as he thought, p on page 28

1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
roup cause he used tae batter lumps oot aw the other weans wi his on page 169

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Calderwood, Lynsey Lallans 68 - Barlinnie Gradyooits, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
s groop coz ee yoostae battur lumps oot aw thi uthur wains wi ees on page 41

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Scots an the smit: a language unner lockdoun, (Bella Caledonia 2020) Central - Bellshill, blog
bite that disnae gang doun in lumps, the hush that lies atween th
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Tasteless, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Saltcoats, prose
thote A wis chewin' putty; wi lumps in it.
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
times backarties, bouncin aff lumps o ice. Leein there on the ice on page 38
n an twist atween the knobbly lumps o ice wis slowin the great ba on page 39

2 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Builders, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
sieve to make sure it had no lumps an’ wis of even texture. Th
1 matches

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
ason aa year roond, and sugar lumps and lintseed bannocks growed
1 matches

Glasgow

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
the weans are knockin lumps on page 27

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
aye the bulbous, mountainous lumps oan ma face diminishes. They on page 3

3 matches

General Central

Clark, Thomas Eemis Stane 2 - Editorial: A Twa Wey Street, (Eemis Stane 2023) Central, prose
glossed, aw the indigestible lumps squashed tae semolina - but on page 3

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
eason aw year roond and sugar lumps and linseed cake grew on the on page 6

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
looked jist like square sugar lumps - apairt fae the funny wee p on page 121

1 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
an custard fu o lumps. on page 29

1 matches

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