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The word 'drams'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
dramsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.42815
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 16.3 5 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 35.5 8 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 31.9 3 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 7.9 6 4
SEA - South East (Borders) 24.2 2 1
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) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of drams in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
ome spend hid coupan back the drams and then there's hell tae pay on page 29

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Hutchison, Pat Bulletbroo, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
arket and hid a twa’r three drams and were in richt fine fettle
1 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
uld ivver. Nae wi a couple of drams in though. Noo, ats a thoucht(2019)
Glesgo as I'm tannin his fine drams fan he's awan so I ken he's n(2019)
Jist look the colour o these drams. Canna wait to try a puckle. (2021)
Dusty I've nae idea. 5 secret drams for a tasting nicht. Probably(2021)

General Northern

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
ist bide in the barn till the drams weir aff him. Whyles, he offe on page 51

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
r got his wak, efter a puckle drams he set oot for hame.
1 matches

@fittiecrooners tweeted
as he's joined pipe band! 10 drams later??(2017)
ye sit at nicht we yer double drams, tack the wig aff & hae yer l(2018)
nage tae get a decent few wee drams wee yer friends n family! Hop(2018)
ed tae enjoy hain a few quiet drams n half pints on this nicht bi(2019)
tr distance until efter a few drams then Bert gets his accordion (2020)
and 1 other occurrences.

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
cam back wi a couple o large drams o rum. on page 44
Nan's cookin, a few pints an drams o a lunchtime an mebbe a sup on page 60
s o yon bitter stuff an three drams, mannie?' The poor barman jis on page 76

3 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ke o the haun - an twa-three drams - sealed the bargain. It wis on page 81

1 matches

General Central

Robertson, James Naebody'd Seen Him, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
He can pour out his life like drams, in on page 18

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
The Lang Wife o Drams on page 4
That fechts an drams an rairs the slaw road hame. on page 14

3 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
'I'm no ane for muckle drams,' Allwullie tells him. In fac on page 72

1 matches

@ionafyfe tweeted
w wiv aa jist wired intae the drams post @OorVyce roundtable! Che(2020)

South East (Borders)

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
what, alang with oatcakes and drams! It might help me to knock ma(2020)
’s aim is pished due tae many drams!(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
m no daurk-heidit, cairry nae drams on page 39

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
ho cairied the wecht o Lambeg drams an the burden o temperance. D on page 22

1 matches

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