Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'hom'

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Use in varieties of Scots

hom	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	11.9	38	12
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland	180.2	31	10
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)	211	6	1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	1.3	1	1
SEA - South East (Borders)
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 hom 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.

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
ody pat dir aald fokk intae a hom danadays, an he just kerried on page 2
istmas caird ta Viewforth, da hom whaar dey look eftir da doiti on page 13
wis med his ain place in her hom, an in her hert, an he wid a on page 29
blyde at he wis in his right hom, wi a lass at obviously loved on page 31
year ago. An noo shü's comin hom, fur da first time in sixty y on page 46
Also on pages 49, 93, 94
10 matches

De Luca, Christine Thule Revisited, (Shetland For Wirds 2007) Shetland, poetry
t fae common treeds: we'd rin hom
1 matches

Laurenson, Hannah Lisa Da Maa's Eggs, (Hands Up For Trad 2019) Shetland, prose
da heicht o da day. On da wye hom ower Dad wid always tell wis
1 matches

Walterson, Vaila Tochts fae Tushie Truncherface: Da nicht afore da Trowie Show, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
rit Rasmie. She wis sittin at hom commin his fur efter she’d
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Trowie time flees an aa, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
nicht. Local fysh an tatties. Hom growen wi nixt tae nae food m
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Watt, Valerie A faersome feerie, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
So I cam hom tae Meenie on her hookers wi
telt him. “Even if dey tak hom da odd feerie.”
2 matches

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
ies Mire??? I hoop you gittin hom 0.0001638 seconds sooner help (2019) twitter link

@tattooedselkie tweeted
! It's on wan o me bus routes hom fae wark.(2021)
tae gie her a bosie when I'm hom nixt, whinivver yun'll be...(2021)
s so excited tae be travellin hom fir Delting Up Helly Aa, an I(2021)
da back o 4 da day on me wye hom fae wark, aafil boannie. http(2021)
ack in me hand bag when I got hom. Noo I'm cowld ageen ?? #scat(2021)
and 4 other occurrences.

@HazelTindall tweeted
andLibrary Im blyde ta gyit hom deliveries, good alternative (2020)

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
. I doobt I prefer my country hom, even wi noisy Maw.(2013)
ount o da bugs dat mak it dir hom. http://t.co/1onWPqi7Ul(2014)
Hom fae post op check up and he w(2017)

@shaetlan_rose tweeted
A bowlfu o hom https://t.co/EbxFNP5HlS(2020)

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
An hom we steer, a merry crew, Benea on page 6
They'll think at a'm brave at hom! Why, A widna say anythin abo on page 9
be gettan hom; e nicht-air disna suit ma th on page 30
hat are ee doan oot here? Run hom iss meenad, an fetch me a pai on page 31
"Id wis far better at hom," thoucht poor Alice, "when w on page 33
Also on pages 60
6 matches

General Central

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
ng o truth. If A say 'A'll be hom at da back o six', this maks on page 36

1 matches