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The word 'hm'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
hmOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.72913
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 17.7 4 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 19.7 15 2
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.1 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) 163.5 1 1
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 31.4 1 1
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 28.4 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of hm in Corpus

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Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
n said, soondin kinda himst, "Hm! Every een tae his ain! Sing on page 107

1 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
, in a rether offended tone, "Hm! No accountan for tastes! sin on page 102

1 matches

Mid Northern A

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Woo hoo! A’hm aboot tae find a fite Cadbury(2019)

General Northern

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
atsy_kensit fit like Quine, a'hm an awfa big fan o' ye. Thon w(2015)
its the craic like folkies? A'hm livid Wi ' rage. Eejits min! (2015)
A'hm an awfa big fan O' thon @Paul(2015)
tae ma loon at the wikend, "A'hm need in' a Bluetooth headset"(2016)

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Glesgy Screwdriver, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
"Hm, all right then, I suppose I' on page 98

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
tin an serabblin aboot in the hm close abune her: then, sayin on page 37

1 matches

General Central

Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
" he thocht wi an unco smue. "Hm... Ay... A man hauds awthing on page 133

1 matches

Scottish Parliament Scots Leids Bill – Stage 1 Report, (The Scottish Parliament 2024) Central, government
* HM Inspectors Education Scotland on page 3
North, West and Hebrides and HM Inspectors unnerscored the ne on page 20
HM Inspectors statit that the Bi on page 31
in meetin ony staunerts set. HM Inspectors walcomed the fact on page 32
In their screivit probation, HM Inspectors statit that the pr on page 34
Also on pages 35, 37, 39, 40, 41
14 matches

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
Gryphon said, fair put oot, "Hm! Nae accountin fur tastes! Si on page 105

1 matches

West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
"Naw a'hm no," Ah says, say aye, on page 15

1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
said, in brey erabbit tone, "Hm! Nae acoontin fur tastes! Sin on page 106

1 matches

General Ulster

Depairtment fur Commonities Hargey announces heidwie oan plens fer Airish an’ Ulster-Scots, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
“A’hm serious gled the noo at the E
1 matches

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