sweem | Corpus occurrences | Central | Doric / Northern | Orkney | Shetland | Southern | Ulster | |
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Occurences normalised per million words | 11.7 | 4.5 | 19.5 | 9.9 | 34.9 | 0 | 39.8 | |
Number of occurrences | 38 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 9 | |
Number of authors | 19 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
boot. 'He'll droon! He cannae sweem a stroke! Save him! Save him! on page 84
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Harrison, Jean Lallans 59 - BARRY SCHUIL 1928 - 1934, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
ck, quack, an sometimes would sweem in the watter. E was for egg, on page 120
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McGregor, Iain Lallans 79 - The Ratton, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
"Div rattons no sweem?" askit Trev. on page 82
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Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
ntae the loch and stertit tae sweem across tae the island. But he on page 27
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Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
e sea-nymphs, she ordered, “Sweem tae aw the airts an bring me
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Skinner, Alison C. Tales Fae The Doric Side - The New Leviathan, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
that sweem the warld's lungs. on page 84
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Fairbairn, Jamie The Press and Journal (Inverness, Highlands, and Islands) - Doric Corner, (DC Thomson 2024) Doric - Banff, newspaper
ing yer dookers an ging for a sweem wi the locals. Mind yersel th on page 37
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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
outit. "Wi'll ging doon fir a sweem an gie yer Mam peace te unpac on page 43
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Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
far oot till sea as ee can-" "Sweem efter them!" screamed e Gryph on page 96
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Strachan, Shane The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - An Eggs-traordinar Egg, (Itchy Coo 2020) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
s quaicked awa and gaed for a sweem. on page 16
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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
lim doon, rin ower the san an sweem aff fur a dook. Fin they war
trie waters o the equator tae sweem, an dive, an plan, an pleuter
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Strachan, Shane Beyond the Sea, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Doric, prose
Ye sweem up tae the surface o the baa-
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Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
could feel my heed begin tae sweem and my een got affa blurry bu
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@FaeFoggie tweeted
@AiberdeenQuine I'm awa for a sweem in i sheep dip.(2019) search twitter
Jist awa ti attimpt ti sweem ower i bay. I'll let yi ken h(2019) search twitter
@cligeey tweeted
@watterloony Did he sweem a bit min(2020) search twitter
De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
salmon sweem, scarlet lowsin on page 65
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Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
eemt tae hae changed frae hir sweem in the pool; an the muckle ha on page 33
"Sweem efter thim!" screamt the Gryp on page 99
Yit said A cudnae sweem. on page 120
, efter aal. '- said A cudnae sweem-' yae cannae sweem, can yae?" on page 121
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Morrison-Smyth, Anne A Furst Readin Book in Ulster Scots, (Evertype 2011) Ulster, weans
a burn. The pig sed, “A can sweem ower the burn.’ “A cannae
ower the burn.’ “A cannae sweem, sed the pancake.
“Get on mae neb, an A wull sweem ower wi yaeThe pancake got on
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