A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

sumburgh Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5 0 0 19.9 81.4 0 0
Number of occurrences160 0 2 14 0 0
Number of authors6 2 4

Occurrences of sumburgh in Corpus

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Orkney

@HJosephineGiles tweeted
ae need thee tae nip doun tae Sumburgh an tak a video. (2021) twitter link

@peediepuss tweeted
the Sooth Light. Canno scrime Sumburgh but Fitful is clear enough (2020) twitter link

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
a ridden ony lass fae here ta Sumburgh Head, but what does du do? Du on page 19
me, fur he wid pick wis up at Sumburgh. An he aksed wis ta come fur on page 21
called oot, some ship sooth a Sumburgh in trouble. on page 33
iced as shune as I laandit at Sumburgh, an Jim pickit me up, foo da on page 62
er whin shü waved dem aff ar Sumburgh. on page 76

5 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
airden, De'r tammie nories at Sumburgh on page 87

1 matches

Cumming, John Da Whillie, (Shetland For Wirds 2010) Shetland, prose
kaens whit hed taen him ta da Sumburgh Roost in a stown whillie, bit
1 matches

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
e climate change, I wonder if Sumburgh Airport will be under da sea (2020) search twitter
can see #puffins fae a car at Sumburgh Head RSPB nature reserve :) i(2016) search twitter
artHousden #shetland #fetlar #sumburgh http://t.co/2Uz3k7I5lB(2014) search twitter
#Shetland folk - da Sumburgh Head foghorn is blowin at noo(2015) search twitter
A bonny sky at Sumburgh dis afternoon and thousands o(2015) search twitter
and 2 other occurrences.

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