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Use in varieties of Scots

hummin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.9 7.7 3 9.9 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences1915 2 1 0 0 1
Number of authors15 11 2 1 1

Occurrences of hummin in Corpus

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Central

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
shed his sermon. Then a laich hummin frae the precentor raise inta on page 35

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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
e mannie. Shair enough he wis hummin awa tae himsel. Nou it wisnae on page 101

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
t the same. Charlene wis pure hummin an hawin cause she said it wi on page 53
arin me to William Wallace an hummin our national anthem ah will b on page 123
ears an startet hummin. on page 169

3 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
Things wi a hummin honkin blaw. on page 15

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
And mammy hummin "Swanee River", on page 97

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
ed, disgustin. In short, jist hummin, ye ken whit I mean? Weel, th on page 21

1 matches

Percy, Ely The Family Situation, (The Interpreters House.org 2020) Central, prose
ingers in his ears an startet hummin.
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Philips, Cally Wha's feart o' the library?, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Turriff, prose
So, ah’m kinda hummin’ Ma Sweet Lord tae ma’sel
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
swayed her erm like a trunk, hummin a phrase.
1 matches

Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
7 efter mony years o fechtin, hummin an hawin on the pairt o Breet
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Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
ey he’s bobbin his heid and hummin along tae the lyrics. And the
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@DavidJWood2 tweeted
@Carolro28744016 Yir hummin ??(2020) search twitter

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"An aat's fan she stairtit hummin an heyin aboot the waddin dat on page 49

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@Manuforti1968 tweeted
Liking the look o that! Been hummin' an haein' about getting a co(2019) search twitter

Orkney

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Hummin tae hirsell, quietly on page 151

1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
sang fur ye, Ma. I heared ye hummin his sang in the gairden whan on page 33

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