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Use in varieties of Scots

sums Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words13.4 15.9 10.6 19.9 5.8 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences4331 7 2 1 1 1
Number of authors28 20 3 2 1 1 1

Occurrences of sums in Corpus

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Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
no a muckler maitter nor the sums o a sonsie reid-faced chiel? on page 29
e ye maun ax them tae dae the sums themsels. They are thirled ta on page 59
Expert chiels hae dune muckle sums. A bodie can sauf fifty-three on page 76

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
noo fae jungle trekkin. Danny sums up aw our fears n realisation on page 48

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 68 - The Fower Jyners o the Apocalypse, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
"As for Mackinzie, 'Mingin' sums him up. I think he did wesh h on page 26

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Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
aims if no ma achievement an sums up a feelin that I hae otherw on page ix

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
'That's a gey wheen o sums,' the laddie said. on page 47
hale class, 'let's leave the sums fur a whilie and see if ony o on page 70

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
If eh've done meh sums rite, on page 48

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
fine ward dreich sums it up jist richt, cauld, wet on page 64

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
us loyalty taeward hursel. It sums up hur weak-minded attitude t on page 28

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Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
but she got her sums wrang on page 27
canna dae ma sums at a on page 34

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McCrory, Pat Lallans 56 - Embdy Lost a Jaickit?, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central - Cowcaddens, poetry
It's got me oot ae sums so it cannae be bad. on page 113

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McCrory, Pat Lallans 56 - The Tale ae a Worm, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central - Cowcaddens, poetry
Got aw his sums right, an never wud fight, on page 114

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
An that, in a wey, sums up this edeitioun o The Mount on page 142

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
ns' TV and films. Ae thing at sums it aa up, for me, is the ubiq on page 56

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Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
cless they were gaun tae dae sums an that they
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 111, (self-published 2003) Central, newspaper
bairns they war gaun tae dae sums an that they war gaun tae spe
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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
k thocht he deserred, an Robb sums up the agiements pro an contr
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
e”, [she] embezzled various sums of money, amounting in all to
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 115, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
is cried Proclamatioun, that sums up the Scots cringe factor wi
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
t wee monkey Tursun wis daein sums. It had better no be somethin
ell. I helped them with their sums - do you know, they still us
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Ewen, Allan Pairt Ane: Janus leuks back, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
But that conversation sums up for me a lot o whit teuk p
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 106, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
e wunner they canna git thair sums richt wi the new pairlament b
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@RickHJohnston tweeted
Sums them up. A successful Scotlan (2022) twitter link

@OliphantWullie tweeted
cs ( maistly Unionists) !! It sums things up very succinctly. (2022) twitter link

@fairpechtoot tweeted
at juist normal people talk.' Sums up why Ah teach Scots.(2016) search twitter
@DrMDempster Aye! Pretty much sums up yer 'We need tae talk aboo(2017) search twitter

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
up his ledgers an checkit his sums Ar fan in wi the lost LSD on page 15

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Goodall, Phyllis J. Lallans 59 - Last May a Braw Wooer, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, newspaper
markit the last o the bairns' sums an laid the buiks until the p on page 94

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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
s McFarlan screived a heeze o sums on the boord wi a daud o chak
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Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
una devaul. We’ve a heeze o sums tae win
as Mrs Scott pit up a kirn o sums on the blackboard. On her las
there wis nae mair wird o sums. Mrs Scott wis delichtit wi t
She rubbit out the sums frae the board an screived up
4 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
and, fur them that's good at sums, Unless yer oot here, pronto, on page 65

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Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
en oan at school, 'Got all me sums right,' I telt them. on page 128

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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
aksed himsel, "Dis place just sums up aa at's wrang wi da toon. on page 57

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Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
then th different branches o Sums - Ambition, Distraction, Ugl on page 93

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Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
That sums up this affair. on page 13

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