A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'poyums'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
poyumsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus1.866
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 3.9 3 3
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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 poyums in Corpus

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General Northern

@72redz1903 tweeted
reat work quine, lang may yir poyums, reflections and stories be t (2021) twitter link

West Central

@annieones tweeted
talented. Am in awe. Git yer poyums in tae print hen, yer pire de (2021) twitter link

General Central

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
Oor poyums will be said by bairns on page 104

1 matches

Bleiman, David Lallans 104 - Ae Fond Kush, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, poetry
an preened her lugs tae poyums fine. on page 36

1 matches

Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation, (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
airtoons, graphic nuvels, new poyums, stories an sangs an lear in
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

@StuartPoet tweeted
urus Magic, cannae bate Scots poyums fir weans wha speak the leid (2021) twitter link