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sammy Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words15.3 23.1 1.5 0 5.8 0 8.9
Number of occurrences4945 1 0 1 0 2
Number of authors11 7 1 1 2

Occurrences of sammy 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
d yins. Bit ae Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr. an Dean Martin, he on page 1
SAMMY GETS A JOB on page 59
'Eh, it's Sammy.' on page 60
SAMMY THE CRIME SCENE CLEANER on page 103
s Christ, 'm - I'm so sorry, Sammy.' on page 104

8 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
SAMMY'S BAG OF WHELKS on page 1
'Aw, magic, Sammy,' he says. 'Ah've no hud whel on page 2
'FUCK SAKE, SAMMY?' he shouts up at me, getting on page 3
SAMMY'S DA'S FUNERAL on page 75
his is yer faither's funeral, Sammy - show some respect.' Ah joo on page 77
Also on pages 171, 173, 174, 175
11 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
e back ae the class wi Simple Sammy Semple, an aw he dis is sits on page 16
Christopher Rice got hold of Sammy Semple's jotter an he was pas on page 18
everyone was laughin at Sammy an callin him a spaz cause he on page 19

4 matches

Fitt, Matthew Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
Sammy Skiff on page 21

1 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Lallans 68 - Barlinnie Gradyooits, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
o bit coz ae that tiym him an Sammy Camboal git dun fur nickin th on page 41

3 matches

Smith, Elaine C. The Glasgow Gruffalo, (Itchy Coo 2017 ISBN: 978-1785300592) Central - Glasgow, weans
"Cheers fur the offer, Sammy Snake - no the day. on page 11
An Sammy Snake shot the craw. on page 13
"Och, it's jist Sammy Snake. Haw, Sammy! Hullo!" on page 18

6 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Mumbo Jumbo, (Litro magazine 2006) Central, prose
e back ae the class wi Simple Sammy Semple, an aw he dis is sits
Christopher Rice got hold of Sammy Semple’s jotter an he was p
ss an everyone was laughin at Sammy an callin him a spaz cos he o
cos ah couldnae face gaun in. Sammy wid probly huv tolt evrubdy a
4 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Cantsmell, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2020) Central, prose
Sammy Campbell burnt Cantsmell wi a
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
s sayin but it wis sumpn like Sammy Rinpoche, Hammy Rinpoche and
he. Funny that. Wi names like Sammy, Hammy and Ally they could pl
owed in apology then giggled. Sammy sat in the front tryin tae na
she should come, Jimmy,' said Sammy. 'If the parents see that you
Sammy paused in his prayin and turn
6 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
@curexcomplex Dae ye think Sammy that we sall be releeased a b(2020) search twitter

Doric

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Sissy Sammy - Steenywid on page 187

1 matches

Shetland

Sinclair, James Makkin Hame, (Shetland For Wirds 2018) Shetland, poetry
Johnnie Brucker, Sammy o Nort-Hoose an da
1 matches

Ulster

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
Yaes al' know Sammy Graham, a Moneydig man bae bi on page 29

1 matches

@OrangRuth tweeted
@DebShoes72 Sammy was doing an up-the-skirt vid(2018) search twitter

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