Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'simmers'

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Use in varieties of Scots

simmers	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	5.3	17	15
ORK - Orkney	9.9	1	1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	6.5	2	2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern	22.2	5	3
NEC - North East Central	46.4	1	1
SEC - (South) East Central	5.1	2	2
WCE - West Central	9.2	2	2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire	26.2	2	2
LAL - General Central	1.3	1	1
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 simmers 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.

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
Mars simmers is ower lang. on page 19

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
y fae Eric's wirk dis yon Ann Simmers pairties." on page 14

1 matches

Goodall, Phyllis J. Berryhill, (timberford.demon 2000) Doric, poetry
"The nicht it is Mid Simmers E’en,
1 matches

General Northern

Skinner, Alison C. Tales Fae The Doric Side - The New Leviathan, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
Noo near tae forty simmers on page 84

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
For simmers' glories gane langsyne, Thon on page 8

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Eence mair it's like a simmers day.
simmers nicht. Nae need for drink or
le o em, jist richt for a het simmers day. Pancake Meg hid been aff
3 matches

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Tak tent o the Cabrach, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
come tae that big hoose maist simmers ” he says pyntin back owre t
1 matches

(South) East Central

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
Yin hot stoorie simmers day on page 10

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
the winters lang, the simmers rough,
1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
m and leave him alane till he simmers doon. on page 32

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
A legend that brocht back Simmers lang syne on page 62

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
en IH Years' "he years o foul simmers, crap failures, freezin winte on page 63

1 matches

Gilliland, Sam Lallans 83 - Cochise o the Apache Nation, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
Efter mony simmers, A daunert yince mair on page 25

1 matches

General Central

Foyle, Ghillie Lallans 58 - The Hildebrand Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
A wandert saxtie simmers yont thir bouns; on page 87

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
But aince, cam simmers end, we twa alane, on page 17

1 matches