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Use in varieties of Scots

seemt Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words34 32.4 30.1 0 0 0 115.1
Number of occurrences10963 20 0 0 0 26
Number of authors15 9 4 2

Occurrences of seemt in Corpus

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Central

Scott, Colin nobody remembers the birdman - Empty Nest, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, poetry
and it seemt it - on page 171

1 matches

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
E'en settin up seemt tae tak an age on page 49

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
ime the immigration that fowk seemt tae be feart o wisnae jist br on page 112

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
ughly whaur they were an this seemt tae be their best - if only on page 42
mould on rottin flesh, an it seemt tae be pulsin tae some kind o on page 65
the yawl cuid get tae him he seemt tae be poued doun intae the s on page 93

3 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
Seemt tae cheer him up. on page 30

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - The Cream Cookie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Midlothian, prose
y cried him acause he ayeweys seemt tae hae the richt caird in hi on page 59

1 matches

Neill, Josie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009) Central - Galloway, poetry
the storm gurled on an never seemt tae slack.
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
fae hyne awa be the win that seemt tae scoor his harnpan.
detached fae his body, which seemt tae hae fauldit aa the shock
ew frein Hsien, maist o thaim seemt tae be Uighurs, bit on the it
Finally the wumman seemt satisfied an rase tae gang.
” Beatrice replied, as that seemt tae be whit wis expeckit.
52 matches

DaibhidC Moa an the tynt sun, (archiveofourown.org 2016) Central, prose
The wouf seemt tae growe as it ris, wi its c
1 matches

@johnstone_shane tweeted
Thon wisnae sarcastic, michta seemt it. (2021) twitter link

Doric

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 77 - Whaur Gadie Rins, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
ill tae seek there, or sae it seemt onywey. The gamie's wife, a d on page 55

1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 87 - Andy, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, prose
gweed o fock; but tae him, it seemt that it was Andy fa haed been on page 30

1 matches

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
A seemt tae aye gin sydwuliy's, we th on page 27
wooaa," aye say's, eis we aw seemt tae be rennen tiward's thi bo on page 64
n fae baith directien's, An a seemt tae ken eit aat wid happin, w on page 68

3 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ven got a chunce te spik. She seemt te hae somethin te say aboot on page 28
legs felt like rubber. Aathin seemt hine awa noo, an he wis grinn on page 60
the kitchen: familiar things seemt siddenly strange - like he w on page 90

3 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Ay, okay." Muggie seemt a bittie happier. "At souns g on page 32
cudna help noticin at Pauline seemt rale interestit in the fack a on page 41

3 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 79 - The Bonnie Lintie, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
fock as eeswal. Naebody else seemt tae hae twiggit that somethin on page 27

1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 82 - Troke, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
onything 'at cam tae haan, it seemt. Weel, I cudna staan the sich on page 88

1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 83 - The Umman, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
n was wullin tae help, for it seemt she haed noticet her ain mith
‘In coorse o time, it seemt at th’umman haed a rale int
daev we gyang fae here?” It seemt a funny thing for th’umman
‘Weel, it seemt, she wintit to meet me b’ma
then fa wad it be ither? Fat seemt the perfeck answer tae me was
6 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
Meg Ramsay snorin. Efter fit seemt an eternity, the clock chimed
1 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
t this but at the time it aal seemt normal enuch). But whin the r on page 7
Thur seemt tae be nae use in waitin bae on page 12
wye things tae heppen, but it seemt quare an dull an glaikit fur on page 14
kt at hir noo aal puzzelt, an seemt tae wink at hir wi yin o haes on page 22
an efter a wheen o minutes it seemt normal enuch fur Alice tae fi on page 25
Also on pages 27, 33, 35, 42, 45, 51, 57, 58, 69, 70, 84, 85, 90, 108, 117, 124
25 matches

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
The Auld Box maistlie seemt tae hae a fix tae dae the jab on page 11

1 matches

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