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Use in varieties of Scots

dummy Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10.8 9.9 5.9 0 40.7 20.7 11.6
Number of occurrences3620 4 0 7 2 3
Number of authors21 12 4 2 2 2

Occurrences of dummy in Corpus

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Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
oad. Scratchy nipped doon the dummy, makin it look like he was ga on page 1

1 matches

McDowell, Diane Drummond (Ma's Bairns), (Independently Published 2021 ISBN: 979-8592734588) Central, prose
Aw the ither bairns caw him a dummy," groaned Jeanie, stressin oo on page 1

3 matches

Dalgetty, Moira Lallans 104 - The Best Laid Schemes..., (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, poetry
Ah stuck the dummy Ah'd brocht in the wean's moo on page 102

1 matches

McPartlin, Moira Before Now : Memoir of a Toerag, (Trilleachan 2021 ISBN: 978-1838360702) Central - Fife, prose
ere, Sam, cried it 'the D fur dummy's cless, but that's no true. on page 7

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ma an da an ah big chocolate dummy each fur me an Karen an ah'd on page 99

2 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Some spat the Dummy et the wa', (Cause they'd no on page 44

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
charnley's sellt the boy a dummy on page 3

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
screichin fur a dummy, or a man, on page 84

1 matches

Muir, Glenn Sport!, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
at Hampden. Austria spat the dummy at 4:1 and walked aff the pit
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ien an Raggle dug oot an auld dummy an wechtit it wi chuckie stan
e door, an they suspendit the dummy fae the ceilin. “Noo, first
catched haud o the suspendit dummy. “Weemen ayweys seems tae w
parry. As faur as hittin the dummy wis concernt, he concentratit
” she cried, an slashed the dummy open. This wis gittin ower pe
5 matches

@billykayscot tweeted
y cannae go tae bed withoot a dummy tit.”(2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
hline - looks like a tailors dummy lol (2020) twitter link
the touchline lol - is he a dummy fuck knows - get eer erse in (2020) twitter link

Doric

Morrison Murray, Harold Doric, Historic and Humorous, (Peters and Sons 2024) Doric, poetry
he gid roon the ring with his dummy coo. on page 29

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
maan be naethin but a stappit dummy efter aa. on page 76

1 matches

The Mannie Fae Unco The Diary o a Feel at the Skweel, (unco.scot 2021) Doric, prose
the side o them wiz a puckle dummy Lee Enfield 303 rifles made f
1 matches

@cligeey tweeted
@oilypaws Aye there wis a dummy Bobby wee a hair drier at a v(2020) search twitter

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
"dummy" subjects ithin impersonal se on page 56
7.1.4 Dummy subjects on page 85
glish dis is expressed wi da "dummy" there, at wirks laek an emty on page 87

6 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
Truly, I tink, a tailor's dummy wid a dön. on page 86

1 matches

Southern

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
u James Purnell hus 'spat-the-dummy!' on page 213

1 matches

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
@NUFC360 Smack a dummy up his erse! Dinnae be babby!(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
rs tha loanens, a poor mutton-dummy on page 12
"A cannae hear ye! Dummy-fluters! on page 34

2 matches

King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
roon Greenland Crescent in a dummy fluit band.
1 matches

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