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The word 'plum'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
plumOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.61514
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 13.1 4 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 4
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 31.4 1 1
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 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of plum in Corpus

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Orkney

Hall, Simon W. Haggis tasting notes, and whisky pairings, (Brisk Northerly 2019) Orkney, blog
re sweet chocolate chips in a plum duff. This is yet anither ver
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
id the Duck with a drizzle of plum sauce served on a bed of cris on page 36

2 matches

Hutchison, Pat Tarrarra boomby ae, This is my dying day, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
d his mates hid eaten a tin o plum jam and hard tack for brakfas
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
toast racks. Ye sud be full o plum duff, mince pies, an birssled
1 matches

General Northern

@fittiecrooners tweeted
t better than looking at soor plum face a'day!(2018)

(South) East Central

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
It’s no possibil aye ti plum the mynd o man whan sair dece
1 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Or mebbe plum S-bends, they're aye in deman on page 99

1 matches

General Central

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 58 - Gairm review, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
big teuchter, Desperate Dan, Plum MacDuff..." (But wha bears th on page 126

1 matches

Robson, Frances Lallans 74 - Soor Ploom Fairy, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
The Sugar Plum Fairy nivir hud a sweet tooth
1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
Milligan Boys, The Paddy, The Plum, The Raw, The Ricey and The S
1 matches

@billykayscot tweeted
ry jam on the nose and damson plum and bitter cherries in the mo(2020)

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Where doon the Plum their water spills on page 26

1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Reynolds, Charlie Krisamas time is draa’in near, (Ullans Speakers Association 2011) Ulster - Coleraine, prose
sore on tha oul turkey ir tha plum duff, an aff coorse, mak sure
1 matches

General Ulster

Ullans Speakers Association Nursery Rhymes for Weans, (Ulster-Scots Agency 2008 ISBN: 978-0955791697) Ulster, weans
An pu'd oot a plum on page 29

1 matches

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