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The word 'tram'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
tramOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.12310
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
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 21.9 2 2
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 1
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 36.4 8 3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 10.6 8 2
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 tram in Corpus

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North Northern B (Caithness)

Manson, John Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Doric - Dumfries, poetry
The whir o a tram on page 113

1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 68 - Gordon’s Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Doric, prose
eet. Him at got run ower bi a tram fan he cam oot the Astoria Pi on page 35

1 matches

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
ane, ye micht want tae tak a tram fae the centre o the toon oot on page 10

1 matches

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
At the brig-heid fir the tram, the weet o an airly hairst on page 24

2 matches

West Central

Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
same clowns took on the Enbra Tram Project. Wis that no a disast
1 matches

Glasgow

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
orange and green Thistlegate tram. It wis so grand, like sommat on page 7

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
On a twinty three tram and propel thae undies on page 45

1 matches

Atkins, Elise Billy Barr ’n’ Jonny Jimison’s Day Oot!, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Central, prose
Billy watched a tram pass by as he waited tae be s
rio tae him as they went. The tram stoap wiz jist ootside the zo
“Haw, Billy. There’s oor tram!” Billy ran ‘er tae the s
The green, orange an’ cream tram cor rumbled as it glided alan
onny! Ah’ve left it oan the tram!” Billy went aw peely wally
6 matches

General Central

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
orange and green Thistlegate tram. on page 27

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
let them tak the ricklie auld tram ~ the wird "ricklie", ye'll m on page 2

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
i pride. The orange and green tram trundles alang the cobbleston on page xiv
'Ma sister hud hur wean oan a tram, and she'd nae bother!' on page xv
re wur cars oan the road, The tram drivers wouldnae dare pass ea on page 3
unbag, and heided oot fur the tram. on page 55

6 matches

South West (Galloway)

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - The Stert ae World War III?, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
stert tae follae the desertit tram line taewards whit A hink is
1 matches

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