A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

hammer Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words14.7 16.4 4.5 69.6 11.6 20.7 4.4
Number of occurrences4732 3 7 2 2 1
Number of authors28 16 3 4 2 2 1

Occurrences of hammer in Corpus

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Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
hert poundin, heid burlin. A hammer. No hers. Anither metal plate on page 1

2 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
Pappin the Hammer on page 95
e Trunchbull wanst papped the hammer fur Britain at the Olympics s on page 104
peed noo like she does wi the hammer. Ten tae wan she's gonnae fli on page 108
ae huv hurted him wi a sledge-hammer. He jist shook his heid a few on page 127

7 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
a hammer an a holdol on page 63
tossin thi caber, throwin thi hammer on page 86

2 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
hile watchin 'Homes Under the Hammer', but she wis still a fair bi on page 42

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
ery much afore Shuggie took a hammer tae it. Shuggie had tae hand on page 29

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
asked. "I'm a dab haund wi a hammer, sae mebbe I could help ye oo on page 76

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Glesgy Screwdriver, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
y's spoudjel and his ain claw hammer for aboot an oor whan he wis on page 97

1 matches

Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
z never the type to require a hammer or a screwdriver – in fact
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS nummer 109, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
Swing Hammer Swing! Jeff Torrington
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
‘The Hammer! Some player man, right enoug
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Appin Murderer, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, prose
primed ma piece an’ pit the hammer tae haf’ cock. “Relax,”
tly squeezed the trigger. The hammer sprang furrit, struck an’ t
2 matches

McKillop, Roger The Builders, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Hit him ower the heid wi’ a hammer.” Tick. “Switch off at th
Hit him ower the hied wi’ a hammer? The pair bugger’s shockin
t oot o’ him wi’ a bluidy hammer!” No’ tae be outdone, Adi
thocht if ye hit him wi’ a hammer he’d like……..” Here h
4 matches

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
e then oot comes a big wooden hammer which is aised tae thump the

Letford, William This Is It, (Scottish Poetry Library 2016) Central - Stirling, poetry
where the hammer hits the stane an sparks
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
pliers doon tae the baw peen hammer. Ah intently analysl thum. As
s’’ ah announce. Wavin ma hammer in the air. ‘’Ah jist wan
2 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
Before the hammer kin come doon, a desperate Do
1 matches

@MartinBroon tweeted
k whit’s happenin Up wae The hammer chuckers ??. ??. ????????(2019) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@SConnelly1992 another hammer blow from the fm 2 day - lit (2021) twitter link
@stevie27boyo ad luv tae hammer sum luck the noo brother - e (2020) twitter link

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 90 - Mrs Cadwallader’s Conversion, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
the skipper's moo fan the Red Hammer, berthed aboot twa hunner yai on page 41

1 matches

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
Ah dinnae go aboot in a claw hammer jaicket an dickiebow. Christo on page 40

1 matches

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
ucie, And had neither saw nor hammer. Twenty masons couldna rigg i (2020) twitter link

Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
aboot the thing, so I teuk me hammer, the chisel an a baer oot. I on page 20
en, bit I hid a midleen heavy hammer in me hand, so I jeust drew b on page 21

3 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
A man, caad Armand Hammer, hid a dream and saa hid thro on page 48

1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
fer her tae be a needle or a hammer. "Whar'd ye bide, than?" on page 65

1 matches

West, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Drivas wae hammer on anvil - on page 35

1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine An Excerpt From Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Future Fantasy, (The Bottle Imp 2019) Orkney, poetry
a hammer. “Whar’d ye bide, than?
1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
An hammer him for sneezin on page 61

1 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
i aft. A windypick 'pneumatic hammer' and a webinar, fir example, on page 46

1 matches

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
The Hammer of the Scots, on page 28

1 matches

@jamie_ginger tweeted
jist pull them oot wi a claw hammer?#ouch(2013) search twitter

Ulster

@Angelinekking tweeted
@StuartPoet To dunner is to hammer - make a noise like thunder,(2020) search twitter