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The word 'gemm'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
gemmOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus17.25615
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 31 7 2
NEC - North East Central 92.7 2 2
SEC - (South) East Central 22.8 9 2
WCE - West Central 13.8 3 3
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.5 2 1
GLA - Glasgow 27.3 6 1
AYR - Ayrshire 209.7 16 2
LAL - General Central 13.3 10 5
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of gemm in Corpus

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General Northern

McGregor, Iain Lallans 78 - Scots Teegars, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric, prose
deid masel. But this wis nae gemm, it wis rael! This wis ma wee on page 80

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
kittlin hed been haein a fine gemm o ramples wi the baa o wou at on page 9
her up. "It's a wappin-gryte gemm o chess at's gettin played aa on page 32
about it jist as gin it war a gemm!" thocht Ailice.) "Sae here a on page 79
gemm. An I hinna sent the twa mess on page 92

5 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
Yon speirin gemm gaed on fur ower ten meenits.
1 matches

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
ngues at him, thocht it wis a gemm. Takin a haud o them by the t on page 2

1 matches

Heather, Alistair The Body Snatchers, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
or him. Gey dangerous as this gemm wis, the siller wis guid eneu
1 matches

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS nummer 109, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
puckle idealistic. Still the gemm's worth the caunle.
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
aye chyngin the ruills o the gemm o histore. A jalouse at
gemm o ‘Snakes an Ledders’ yeâ
ams ti be shiffelt about in a gemm mair
gemm eftir. The’r nae gemms i Sc
the pleyers o a verra arrige gemm, wi naethin bot pleisur. Tamm
8 matches

West Central

Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
grey winter's gemm, an watch thaim flee awa, on page 137

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
d aboot last week's Auld Firm gemm. on page 52

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
rrant an increasinlie oot the gemm, an the’r nae dout at Scott
1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
on o India leuk lik a freinly gemm o musical chairs.
the rhythm an wonnerin whitna gemm she wis gaun tae shaw him. Sh
2 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
the gamut o the gallus or the gemm, employed, idle on page 19
the ascendant, Aries wild and gemm as a skelly scarab on page 69
Abase theirsels tae play the gemm on page 101
REALITY KITCHEN and life is a gemm shaw. on page 132
Play the gemm o kidology awake or in bed on page 155
Also on pages 159
6 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
ugs efter cheatin hersel in a gemm o croquet that she wis playin on page 14
hat this wis mair hke haein a gemm wi a cairt-horse, an expectin on page 40
n invite frae the Queen for a gemm o croquet." The PuddockFlunki on page 44

15 matches

Neill, Willie Lallans 61 - Three Tales frae the Brithers Grimm, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Ayrshire, prose
the inn for a wee drink an a gemm et cairds an I hae ti tak tha on page 42

1 matches

General Central

McGregor, Iain Lallans 90 - Sally, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
A wisnae gemm this time tae clype tae onybo on page 59

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
in?' or 'Come on, we'll hae a gemm at Snakes and Ledders?" or "H on page 2
tie-pichtitie! Sae that's yer gemm, is it Ye look efter yersel a on page 94

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
and the gemm goes curly-wurly on page 4
the thrawn raivelled maikless gemm on page 17

2 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 68 - 1841 – The Plouman, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
hey were aa at the auld, auld gemm bar him. He cuid stay single on page 17

2 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
r year. But wi comets comes a gemm o chance. It is thocht that t
This distrublance is like a gemm o cosmic roulette. But tae da
2 matches

@Cobradile94 tweeted
empster The objective for the gemm is tae git tae 100. Then ye g(2018)

South West (Galloway)

Adamson, Donald Bield, (Tapsalteerie 2021) Central - Dumfries, poetry
They ask me, whit's yer gemm, on page 5

1 matches

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