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The word 'slam'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
slamOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.51812
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
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.1 4 2
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 2
EDN - Edinburgh 18.8 3 1
GLA - Glasgow 18.2 4 3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 4 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 slam in Corpus

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(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
n her job, like. Noo the door slam. Nice wan! No quite pit the w on page 1

3 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
Ah slam it doon oan the bar "What's t on page 183

1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
the door slam't in his face whilst Longaren on page 113

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
bi makkin the puir puirer - a slam-dunk fer the profiteers. Gin on page 95

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
git a revolvin ane, slam it, jam yir fingers in it on page 37

1 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
puss smothered oor it and ah slam the note doon oan the desk.
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 5, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
ais oan Friday’’. Then ah slam the door behind thum and retu
buyin’’ But as ah go tae slam the door in her puss she stic
2 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
Ah grab the phone aff her and slam it doon oan the table. 'Ignor on page 3

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
"We aw go up an slam oot a song an some tunes at t on page 3

2 matches

Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Ah hear the door ay the motor slam shut.
1 matches

General Central

Clark, Thomas Diary o a Wimpy Wean, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785302145) Central, weans
SLAM on page 25

1 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
oint or skill tae rap /poetry slam either(2020)

@DABArbuckle tweeted
uthDavidsonMSP Dross couldnae slam his boabie on his desk(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
e pip, ta-ta an please dinnae slam the door. on page 77

1 matches

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