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The word 'pm'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
pmOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus12.34019
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
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 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 50.7 20 3
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 18.2 4 2
AYR - Ayrshire 26.2 2 1
LAL - General Central 8 6 5
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.8 2 2
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) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of pm in Corpus

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North Northern B (Caithness)

Manson, John Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Doric - Dumfries, poetry
Tho Pm mair mature on page 115

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
DOT COM DORIC Pm the IT quine Noo that I'm on on page 15

1 matches

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
Great tae see the Barbados PM usin Bajan language at the to (2020) twitter link

General Northern

Gray, Kathleen Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Ootlin, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
he stuff I hiv tae pit up wi. Pm nae sure how I'm gan tae get on page 59

1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
oan the mornin news, that the PM, Boris Johnson, hus cawed a p on page 14

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 168, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
17 November 10.30am tae 4.30 pm in the Conference Room, 1st f
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 117, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
4 - 13 August at 6.45 pm.
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ey @BBCSportScot eel need tae pm me on that yin - as the 10 p (2020) twitter link
aye am doin fine thanx - al pm u later fir ur news - snawed (2020) twitter link
going - a got tipped off by pm lol - hope he enjoyed the ga (2020) twitter link
@DicaculusManiac pm me lol (2020) twitter link
@falconer101 luv the pm a jist got sent - radio seld (2020) twitter link
and 12 other occurrences.

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Pm no sayin ah'm fit tae lace hi on page 144

1 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
hen ye wake up at hauf three, pm, still mingin, wi nae clue ho on page 3

1 matches

Grae, Emma Jimmy and his wee darlin Alexa, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
“Is that AM or PM?”
“Eh, PM.”
, “take your calcichew at 2 PM.”
3 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
"But Pm no a serpent, I'm tellin ye!" on page 44

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
a daicent eneuch sowl. 'Weel, Pm no a real Gawston lass ...I w on page 68

1 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
finder o this Gowden Ticket. Pm cawed Mr Wullie Wonka! Gie's on page 59
look in that braw mink coat! Pm sae gled ye could come! Help on page 68

2 matches

@RickHJohnston tweeted
Indy won't happen while he's PM. SHOULDNAE BE LONG THEN! Dinn (2022) twitter link

@DABArbuckle tweeted
Watching the PM Coronavirus briefing. Johnson(2020)

@pmcm1355 tweeted
2019 when Johnson movit in as PM. She's bein referrit tae as h (2022) twitter link

@weenell3 tweeted
ever heard a beep fae the new PM. Seems this childishness is s (2022) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
October 10th 1745 aboot 7.30 pm. on page 50

1 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
TBH it's aw new tae me an aw! PM (2020)

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
in front o a newspaper stall. PM CLOCKING IN AT HOME was print on page 27

1 matches

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