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The word 'prams'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
pramsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus2.588
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 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
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 prams in Corpus

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Aberdeen

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
er penny in newborn babies’ prams. 50p if she likes the mam. 20
1 matches

General Northern

@fittiecrooners tweeted
nae doobt be full of bikes n prams. Maybe the Fittie Bar!?(2017)

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
yins the best. The bairns in prams or pushchairs. Ma auntie Joyc on page 1

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Glesgy Screwdriver, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
the messages or wheelin auld prams ladit wi washin til the Grant on page 99

1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
be fur weans tae pit in thir prams but ah knew she'd like it cau on page 154

1 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
wee lassies showin aff their prams an dolls. Joost me, mah uncle on page 174

1 matches

General Central

@DABArbuckle tweeted
a day scourin dumps for auld prams just tae get a decent set of (2020)

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
nae prams, nae sons nor dochters on page 42

1 matches

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