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Use in varieties of Scots

semmit Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.1 4.5 19.5 0 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences239 13 0 0 1 0
Number of authors16 8 7 1

Occurrences of semmit in Corpus

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Central

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
"Can ye strip him tae his semmit?" on page 28

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Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
pink nipples, semmit straplines, on page 21

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Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
ye big hugs 'til ye feel yer semmit ride up roond yer neck, they on page

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Dressed in his semmit he picks his winners, on page 87

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Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
er ran doon the ba Hercules's semmit. Eventually Atlas returned wi on page 47

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Fitt, Matthew Jordan's New Jaiket, (Education Scotland 2014) Central, weans
aboot his room and foond his semmit and pit it on. Then he ran ta
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
pitmirk, poke, rowth, scart, semmit, thole and thrapple, vennel,
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Meikle, William Overheard in a Cemetery, (ABCTales.com 2004) Central - Ayrshire, prose
even get as faur as wearing a semmit.
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@LairnScots tweeted
ddies in yer class ken whit a semmit is? Whit aboot a pair o breek (2018) twitter link

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ding?" The masseur tirred his semmit an stairtit te pummel the chi on page 13

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Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
on yer back, lat him hae yer semmit anaa. An gin 4 chiel gar ye g on page 12

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Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
hin purple an yalla Interlock semmit an draars. "They'r a fair age on page 37

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Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
I've changed ma semmit, changed ma sheen an ma socks on page 67
Ye kin knit a semmit at oor fireplace, on page 135
it, kent it, stick it up yer semmit). on page 144

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
ester park wis soaked tae the semmit an chilled tae the bane. "Ah on page 86

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 75 - The Petrol Tanker, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Doric, prose
he hoose he wis jist weerin a semmit, nae a sark, an an aal pair o
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Murdoch, Steve Lallans 63 - Poacher, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
d on a jersey, twa sarks an a semmit ablow his jaickit, it’s aye
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Fowler, Ross Sunday Fitba wi ma Faither, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
is neb a doon the front o his semmit. I wis sure he wis gaen tae h
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@Manuforti1968 tweeted
day. Is the dress code still "semmit under sark?"(2019) search twitter
is best served wi yer thermal semmit on"(2019) search twitter

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
air holes in yon than an auld semmit. Really, there's no reason fo(2020) search twitter