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Use in varieties of Scots

humble Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.4 8.5 8 0 0 21.9 13.3
Number of occurrences2616 5 0 0 2 3
Number of authors18 9 5 1 3

Occurrences of humble in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
rry, sorry," said Alice, awfy humble, like: "ye'd goat tae aboot t on page 31
ajesty," said Two, in an awfy humble tone, gaun doon oan wan knee on page 80

2 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
a, let us baith kneel doun in humble prayer afore puir Jennet, an on page 32
aboot her, Jennet Broun felt humble an blessed, whaur ance on a t on page 73

2 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
Oor frien unpacked his humble feast Whaur the Keil Burn jyn on page 11

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
the system wants tae keep us humble. on page 90
in the room. Only tae find a humble boay fae Leith waitin tae sho on page 92
the losers and their actin aw humble and they're applaudin like ev on page 117
h ah parted wae the money. Aw humble n full ae smiles, But see if on page 152

4 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
FOR OUR PLEASURES lN OUR HUMBLE HOME" - on page 112

2 matches

MacKenzie, Douglas Eemis Stane 1 - Puir Finch, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, poetry
This humble hawk is better dicht on page 13

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
For oor maist humble, ancient race.
1 matches

Heather, Alistair The porage revolution: Hou porage cam tae mak Scotland habitable, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
ne days, mind aye that it wis humble porage that made it possible.
1 matches

Lochhead, Liz Ashet, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Central, poetry
humble enamel pie-dish
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
Ah decide tae keep ma humble opinions aboot the poor level
1 matches

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 85 - The Clash o the Titans, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
vour of this, but who am I, a humble hodman within Academe's perni on page 55

1 matches

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
ajesty," sade Two, in a awful humble tone, goan doon on wan knee a on page 78

1 matches

Uri, Antonia The birds an the bees, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
t is focused on the story o a humble wifie fae Inverness. The vide
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
ter years of campaigning, the humble, but much loved buttery, is h(2017) search twitter

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
ot Aye wi dae. I give you the humble Buttery/Rosie, a far superior(2020) search twitter

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
gaun please!" Ahlice said gie humble lik; "Ah wunnae interrupt ee on page 73
ajesty," said Twae, in a fair humble voice, gaun doon oan yin knee on page 80

2 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
Majesty," said Twa, in a gye humble tone, gan doon on yin knee wh on page 81

1 matches

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Humble, Faered an curled in a ball on page 49

1 matches

Reynolds, Charlie An Appeal frae tha hairt, (North Antrim Speak 2010) Ulster - Coleraine, blog
Ulster Scots Leid. Noo in mae humble opeenion if Ullans is tae bec
1 matches

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