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Use in varieties of Scots

hummed Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.1 1 7.5 9.9 5.8 0 4.4
Number of occurrences102 5 1 1 0 1
Number of authors8 2 3 1 1 1

Occurrences of hummed 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

Douglas, Ashley The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Sweet Sang o the Widd, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
ome silk cushion. The Emperor hummed alang wi the skyrie bird whil on page 104

1 matches

Heather, Alistair Rin throu the jungle, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
swat sae muckle that ma claes hummed an war as ticht tae us as ma
1 matches

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 77 - Anither Time, Anither Place, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
e licht broon hair! He ayewis hummed the sang fan she wis near haa on page 29

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 85 - The Clash o the Titans, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
n looked doon at the fleer an hummed an haad an hubbert a bit, syn on page 57

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Goodall, Phyllis J. Lallans 59 - Last May a Braw Wooer, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, newspaper
hen the lady said Na," Granda hummed a bar of The Laird o Cockpen. on page 94

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Ronnie hummed alang as he teen a sneaky swa on page 59

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Orkney

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
owre the country. Mr Dursley hummed as he picked oot his most bor
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Shetland

Watt, Valerie Back tae trowie schul, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
life at hame wi wir fokk. We hummed an haaed ower pittin wir bair
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Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
She hushed an hummed an swayed up an doon an bak a on page 34

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