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Use in varieties of Scots

somersault Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.8 2.5 4.5 0 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences95 3 0 0 1 0
Number of authors6 3 2 1

Occurrences of somersault in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
Bit ye turnt a back-somersault vn at the doorLike, whit is t on page 37
"Dae a somersault in the sea!" cried the Mock T on page 98

2 matches

Cunningham, Lucy nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Swedish Fish, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, prose
tae bump against the bank and somersault around like circus ladies wi on page 36

1 matches

McKillop, Roger Wee Roge Boobs, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
uted oot, “Look guys a back somersault wi’ twa twists!” Jist fir
nt A replied, “Naw, a Front somersault wi’ “B”cups!” She saw
2 matches

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
d ma breath, ma hairt deein a somersault in ma chest es Ah turnt roon. on page 32

1 matches

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
Yit ee turned a back-somersault in at e door - on page 45
"Turn a somersault in e sea!" sade e Mock Turtle on page 96

2 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
Yet ee turned a back-somersault in at th door on page 46

1 matches

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