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The word 'fathom'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
fathomOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus2.799
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 2
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 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.1 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
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 fathom in Corpus

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Orkney

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
ay there wis fower! I couldna fathom hid. Why wis there a big whit on page 14

1 matches

Shetland

Sinclair, James Yarnin, (Shetland For Wirds 2001) Shetland, poetry
Hit’s braaly herd ta fathom, how
1 matches

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
eged and selfish - dey canni fathom goin weoot somethin (onythin) (2020) twitter link

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
The wither the day I canna fathom oot ata
1 matches

@Franwella tweeted
Noo tae fathom oot fit tae mak https://t.co/(2020)

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ospital. Ah never could quite fathom oot whether or no he wis taki on page 141

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
irties that they jist cuidnae fathom whit it wis aboot? on page 105

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
yae ee; "for I'm shuir I can fathom some meanin oot o thaim, efte on page 44

1 matches

South East (Borders)

Stevenson, Gerda Kilmeny, (Scottish Language Center 2021) Southern - Scottish Borders, prose
she tells me a story I canna fathom: thon midsimmer nicht she hea
1 matches

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