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Use in varieties of Scots

swim Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words15.4 18.1 9 19.9 11.6 20.7 8.9
Number of occurrences5036 6 2 2 2 2
Number of authors25 17 2 1 2 1 2

Occurrences of swim in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
med tae hiv chinged since her swim in the pool, an the big haw, on page 33
"Swim efter them!" screamed the Gry on page 98
aracter, Bit said ah couldnae swim. on page 118
an pieces. "-said ah couldnae swim-" you cannae swim, kin ye?" h on page 119

5 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
You know I'd swim to the bottom Lord an nevahhh on page 3

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
Or he wid huv been gone fur a swim doon the docks." on page 164

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
an ah cannae wait. Ah cannae swim yet so ah asked ma da if he'd on page 11
able tae come in an watch me swim. It wisnae lik ah wis bein fu on page 13
in a straight line never mind swim a length. Then they shoutet H on page 14
expect cause aw ah'd done wis swim a breadth, an there wis ma be on page 15
that jist because she cannae swim ah've got tae be the wan that on page 55

7 matches

Docherty, John F. Lallans 81 - Lang Summer Days, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
oon the shore an gae in fur a swim. The watter wis aye freezing! on page 76

1 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
'I can swim, said Roo. 'I fell intae the on page 57
'I can swim and aw,' said Roo wi pride. on page 91

3 matches

Goodbrand Saunders, Donald Lallans 67 - Twa Owresettins frae Heine, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
The deepmaist seas they swim ower, on page 55

1 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
stream - gull flight, salmon swim, mayfly dart - yer ain eleme on page 22

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 73 - Proverbs o Hell, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
He wha threips he lous tae swim - on page 78

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2020) Central, prose
an ah cannae wait. Ah cannae swim yet so ah asked ma da if heâ€
aid, Because ah cannae bliddy swim that’s how no. Ah said, Aye
don’t need tae be able tae swim tae go in the pool. He didnae
able tae come in an watch me swim. It wisnae lik ah wis bein fu
in a straight line never mind swim a length. Then they shoutet H
6 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Jist swim aroon an they'll no heed ye,
1 matches

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
a Scotsman wis tae swim single haundit roon the warld
1 matches

Clark, Sara Scot Free -The Psychic Cost O Uisin Scots, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
i the awaurness. It's sink or swim time for Scots, an yer langua
1 matches

Heather, Alistair Rin throu the jungle, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
a Scot wha didnae ken hou tae swim. We haed been helpin him ower
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
born. Dis a duck wae wan leg swim in circles?
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
pidly. Ah kick oot an try tae swim but ma body won’t repond. M
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Educational (Mis)Communication, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
™ jiners wha were goin’ tae swim. He informed me that the pool
1 matches

@jax6754 tweeted
ir you! I've no been able tae swim since breaking wrist 2 yrs ag(2015) search twitter

@PeoplesPoet77 tweeted
better yao know! Going for my swim, it's perfect here. Apart fro (2022) twitter link

Doric

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
An I'd swim aa i'rivers jist tae get ye b on page 170

2 matches

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
ed till hev changed since her swim in e pool, an e great hall, w on page 31
But sade A couldna swim. on page 116
fter all. " - sade A couldna swim - " ee canna swim, ean ee?" h on page 117

4 matches

Orkney

Skea, Bessie Gallows Ha - Earth-bound, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
s doon the night the moon did swim, and life and luv wur new! on page 18

1 matches

Skea, Bessie Gallows Ha - Earth-bound, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
s doon the night the moon did swim, and life and luv wur new! on page 33

1 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Smootie gengs ta Lerrick, (SCOTS corpus 2003) Shetland - Bressay, weans
wis da Clickimin Centre fur a swim an a ride on da flumes.
1 matches

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
oo bonny a night no tae tak a swim. We didna ken dat a pod o orc(2016) search twitter

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
But said Ah could no swim. on page 119
, efter aw. "said Ah could no swim" ee cannae soom, can ee?" hei on page 120

2 matches

Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
A wheen mair come tae swim. on page 49

1 matches

King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
ng Lir. They juist wanted tae swim in the mort coul water.
1 matches

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