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Use in varieties of Scots

summin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words12.5 2.6 48.2 9.9 0 0 8.9
Number of occurrences405 32 1 0 0 2
Number of authors12 4 6 1 1

Occurrences of summin in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Law, John Lallans 56 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
d ... but naw, Jackie Baillie summin up made claer at as faur as t on page 4

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
iblins been owre wersh in his summin up o his kinsman.
1 matches

Logan, Kirsty Lego, (Scots Hoose 2017) Central, weans
uld pretend she wis lookin at summin really interestin so ah would
ter, waitin fir her tae order summin. She didnae say anyhin, she j
2 matches

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
ack ?? so likely Edinburgh or summin I got time.(2020) search twitter

Doric

Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - A hame is a hame is a hame, is it nae?, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
summin's wrang wae us if we dinnae h on page 35

1 matches

Maitland, Andrew Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Auld Mannie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
They were aw staunnin aroond summin - or sumbidy? He couldna be on page 73

1 matches

Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - The mornin o the waddin, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
till switherin. Should aa say summin? Questions flap aroon ma heid on page 99

2 matches

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
se-kind. "Ye must be eese for summin tae the aul wifie?' on page 21
teen flicht up ower the loch. Summin furlt deep doon inno the orra on page 22

2 matches

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
Weel, it’s summin tae dee wi birds fit wye we g
e. Coots I think... Or wis it summin tae dee wi kilts..?
y flight this mornin. But no. Summin happent yesterday – Grunny
is morning, I decided tae dee summin aboot the jungle o hair on ta
ns oot aa I could achieve wis summin akin tae fit a cat looks like
6 matches

Diansangu, Mae naebdy likes a clype, (Scots Hoose 2021) Doric, poetry
inside summin o hers an
inside summin o hers an
2 matches

Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
ink o something... I must hae summin that’ll dee.’
But there’s summin aboot this iPhone, wie its cr
enter the room and I can see summin shift in his face, like he’
e, like he’s trying to mask summin.
hough he denies it, there’s summin that maks ma sure I’ve seen
6 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
@Smudge493 Yi micht be onti summin tho....(2019) search twitter
e far a wis gaan, coupit ower summin and ma cock got stuck in i fi(2019) search twitter
and @Wattiejwattie came up wi summin similar and caad it Groundr. (2019) search twitter
I'm nae feart ti caa sumbudy summin, soon be tooteroooed)(2019) search twitter
ng. Fan a loon wis clarted in summin. A guid bath sortit him out. (2019) search twitter
and 6 other occurrences.

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
nada, oot tae get steamin' is summin' totally different.(2019) search twitter

Orkney

Peace, Courtney The 'Guid' Life, (Orkney Heritage Society 2010) Orkney, poetry
Change oot o me claes an in summin clean,
1 matches

Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
Executive Summin' Ap 5 on page 3
Executive Summin' Ap on page 5

2 matches

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