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Use in varieties of Scots

humph Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.5 6.4 3.2 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences1412 2 0 0 0 0
Number of authors10 8 2

Occurrences of humph in Corpus

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Central

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
Ye see Tam had been born wi a humph on his back an Wullie wi a cl on page 62
cables, 'Eh, eh, eh that's ma humph.' on page 66
t at himsel. Richt enough his humph wis awa! It hadnae been a dwa on page 67
on him cryin, 'Weel, here's a humph tae gang wi it.' on page 70

4 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
Aff ma back ya humph on page 36

1 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
her. Boggin gies aff a honkin humph o rotten chookie-skins. Boonc on page 10

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 58 - Gairm review, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
'd A' Fuming Laird (is "Imph, Humph, Harrumph" jist the same in b on page 126

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
ister Grunstane, gin ye canna humph it yeirsell. Sae Mirren hirpi
1 matches

Heather, Alistair The porage revolution: Hou porage cam tae mak Scotland habitable, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
tory. They uised the time tae humph muckle stanes thegither intae
1 matches

Holton, Brian An Owresetter’s Tale, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Galashiels, blog
1965: it hed never come up ma humph at Chinese fowk wad write poe
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
Bit Tashi had tane the humph noo. She tried tae cuittle hi
e tae fin some ither body tae humph thy kill aff the muntain for
2 matches

Doric

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 63 - Three poems, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, poetry
Fa’ll humph me in ma kist?)
1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
ork in an auld dresser. Abody humph
1 matches

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