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The word 'stump'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
stumpOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus62014
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 19.6 6 4
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 42 4 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 5 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 21.4 2 1
LAL - General Central 3.9 3 3
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 58.1 1 1
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 stump in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Cameron, Alan Lallans 90 - Drumtulloch, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
0, an gave them twa wikks tae stump up, or ging tae the gaol fur on page 84

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
tll. "Ah'll hae a first class stump, an aa, please." She peyed fi on page 25

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Doric Gruffalo's Bairn, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1785300691) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
An he sat on a stump in the cauld snaa bree. on page 18

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ye winner fit folk'r peyin a stump fir. It's bliddy daylicht rob on page 6

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
st he drew ooto the pyoke the stump o a calfie's shank, frae horn
1 matches

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
our son once called it the ‘stump’. (2020) twitter link

Aberdeen

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 67 - Twa poems bi Douglas Kynoch, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Doric, poetry
Stump on't, trump on't on page 63

4 matches

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
Wha kens the hale n stump o it? on page 121

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
is Dundee criminal, they'd aw stump up. The plan wis nae that sim on page 85

1 matches

Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 81 - Fower Australian Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Dollar, poetry
a stranded tree-stump an ruit system, on page 16

1 matches

Glasgow

Smith, Elaine C. The Glasgow Gruffalo's Wean, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303425) Central - Glasgow, weans
She sat doon oan a stump. It wiz snowin again. on page 21

1 matches

Ayrshire

Wilson, Rab Lallans 76 - The Sycamore at Calton, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, poetry
The stump o thon aince michty Sycamore.
e gate an strode ower tae yer stump,
2 matches

General Central

Robertson, James Precious and the Puggies, (Itchy Coo 2011 ISBN: 978-1845023324) Central, weans
t back in. They were rump and stump, heid and heels steekit tae t on page 75

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
aid, plankin himsel doon on a stump, "If ye're honestly wantin me on page 105

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Whuppity Stoorie, (Scots Hoose 2017) Central, weans
auld wummin sittin on a tree stump, rockin back and forrit and s
1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
Stump o the epple tree, on page 13

1 matches

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