Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

hem	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	8.7	6.1	16.5	0	17.4	10.3	4.4
Number of occurrences	28	12	11	0	3	1	1
Number of authors	16	10	2		2	1	1

Occurrences of hem 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.

Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
"Hem!" said the Moose wae an air a on page 26

1 matches

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
he edge o the jury-box wi the hem o her skirt, tummlt it ower o on page 44

1 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
is steikit; I glaum at the hem o her goon, on page 45

1 matches

McClure, Rob nothing but a set of eyes for stars - The Night, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, poetry
ang-lippit hairy wheeched her hem above her knee. on page 101

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Nae arable fields hem't in bi fences, on page 16

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
tened wi' a nappy peen an the hem o her clarty skirt went up an on page 22

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Wi weet kirtle hem at your knees, on page 5

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Less Trauchle Nor A Bairn, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
ntae the shed, tittrin is the hem o her lang skirt snagged oan
1 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
Nae arable fields hem’t in bi fences,
1 matches

Chalmers, Aimee Lallans 59 - Joukene Poukerie, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
s was stiff. Ye stood up. The hem o yer coat was weet and rubbe
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
vely. She scanced doon at the hem o the tunic, which barely cam
s thocht Kamile wis trailin a hem - she maun hae heard stories
2 matches

Doric

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
r tae wer starboard side, Bit hem still looken aift struck eis on page 17
int eit, eit wid prubablee be hem eit's gan tae get thi feish t on page 26
long side hee's berth, Tellen hem fit tae dee an fit nay tae de on page 28
o Margit, hayen tae pet up we hem," a say's, shi reply's, "Eit on page 30
aim across "Baggy," an speert hem eif hce wis sikken tae gin oo on page 46
Also on pages 51
9 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Ye'll nivver hem it in. on page 5

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Martens teetin oot aneth the hem. on page 29

1 matches

Shetland

Jamieson, Robert Alan Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
Quhan we wir wun hem on page 17

1 matches

Williamson, Christie Truth, (Shetland For Wirds 2010) Shetland, poetry
an gallavantin, du’s come hem
1 matches

Jamieson, Robert Alan Frisk Waatir Troot, (Shetland For Wirds 2007) Shetland, poetry
quhan he wan hem,
1 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
couped ower th jury-box wi th hem o hur skirt, tippin aw th jur on page 115

1 matches

Ulster

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
tae let thaim jist touch tha hem o his robe. An iveriebodie th on page 9

1 matches