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Use in varieties of Scots

hmm Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.7 7.2 9 9.9 0 72.4 0
Number of occurrences2814 6 1 0 7 0
Number of authors13 8 3 1 1

Occurrences of hmm in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
'Hmm, yes, Angie?' She's no even t on page 3

1 matches

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
r I ken maist things, an she, hmm, disnae ken mueckle at aa! Be on page 18
rsel dried oot gey shuin. "Ah-hmm!" said the Mous, wi a guid co on page 25

2 matches

Clark, Thomas Diary o a Wimpy Wean, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785302145) Central, weans
HMM... LET'S CHECK IT AGAIN. on page 20

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
Hmm. (Reading)... "Ham is ripe". on page 68

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Flittin In, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
e gied him a thochtie luk. ‘Hmm ..weel..ach .. we’l strauch
1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Less Trauchle Nor A Bairn, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
e, eh? Whaur dae ye cam frae, hmm? Wha d’ye belang tae?’ Th
Hmm.’ She lukked itae the faur
2 matches

Clark, Thomas A Scots Pairlament?, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Bellshill, blog
Hmm. Ach weel, ye say tae yersel.
1 matches

Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Fankle, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927459) Central, weans
Kat read the names. ‘Hmm . . . Planet Braw soonds nice
t a guid luik, up an doon. ‘Hmm . . . yer hair’s in an awfi
2 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
s that bridge some rainy day, hmm?” She leukit aroon, an saye
“Hmm. Well, it’s like this,” h
2 matches

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
@SconeOf Hmm blue to red is that a fitba r(2020) search twitter

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 77 - Anither Time, Anither Place, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
that had faa'en aff a shelf. Hmm. Fit's ess? Barchester Towers on page 30

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Ronnie Hinnersin spikkin. Mmm hmm. Yer name's Tina. Oh! Ye liki on page 53
irs oan the tablecloot. "Admm hmm." She noddit. "That souns lik on page 72

3 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Hmm! on page 114

1 matches

Orkney

@peediepuss tweeted
@jm_stout Hmm, I widna let yin go ony furth (2021) twitter link

Southern

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
hem, a wid appreciate that... hmm?(2020) search twitter
? Amrut, Rampur or John Paul? Hmm? ?? me drank JP, it’s utter (2020) search twitter
ur those in the bloody north! Hmm? https://t.co/Hi1Y7zqQRd(2020) search twitter
mer Fir the young generations hmm? https://t.co/EaZKQiAlRj(2020) search twitter
oor freedom fae the Sooth? ?? hmm(2020) search twitter
and 2 other occurrences.