A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

sumthin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words33.3 17.2 18 0 220.9 10.3 101.8
Number of occurrences10834 12 0 38 1 23
Number of authors22 14 4 1 1 2

Occurrences of sumthin in Corpus

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Central

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
a' doon a dirty great hole or sumthin' so lik'n yersel' tae yon ET on page

6 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
sumthin rite away. on page 30
it's got that sumthin on page 32
Shi brings a certain sumthin on page 84

3 matches

Dareau, Mareau Lallans 59 - The Dictionar o the Aulder Scottis Leid (DOST), (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
n', ae sense bein a portion o sumthin held in common an pit thegith on page 59

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
ousin they'd raither be daein sumthin else. Yet if gien the chaunce on page 103
It mindit me o sumthin ah wance read, on page 140
The boy in it wis luikin fir sumthin on page 146

3 matches

Forde, Iain W D Dalquharter (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2010 ISBN: 978-0-9559-105-6-2) Central, prose
the Hollebeke glaur. The wes sumthin gruesum in the souch ... he w on page 2
waatch the danssin fur a wie. Sumthin muived asyde him, an he tirne on page 4

2 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Lallans 68 - Barlinnie Gradyooits, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
hat coz that jist soundet lik sumthin Wully wid dae. Ah'm seeryis l on page 41

3 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
ale, Thirlestane, is a haet o sumthin mair, but we can enveisage th on page 140

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Taid o that Ilk (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2009) Central, prose
vin bydin ti pit on hiz coit. Sumthin upby wes cryin on him ringinl
dirdum an stour. As he govit, sumthin bricht an smaw semed ti skink
n ye hae duin’t the’r aye sumthin els ti dae, an ye’l can dae
lang an aye waantin ye ti dae sumthin – gif a fellae hed nae beis
e be huls ir mibbies arna, an sumthin lik the reik o touns, ir is i
6 matches

Hardie, George Lallans 81 - Annie and the New Chairs, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
an a stranger appeared it was sumthin o an event. Especially whan h
1 matches

Mc Rae, Thomas The Neep Lantern, (Lowdown-L 2009) Central - Central, prose
Ah still mind ’im sayin’s sumthin’ aboot “Mary Antunett”,
1 matches

Campbell, Karen Gie it laldy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Glasgow, blog
m needin a detox. There’s sumthin aboot the stairt o onything,
1 matches

Ewen, Allan Pairt twa: Janus leuks aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
al tae spreid ideas. Stairtin sumthin mair muckle sic as a sports t
eck or inspire ithers tae dae sumthin similar. Gin fowk sees the po
2 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
e Abi! Ah kent she wis up tae sumthin. ?? #Corrie(2020) search twitter

@pmcm1355 tweeted
ony issues. Ye's need tae dae sumthin aboot it, demand the number l (2022) twitter link
@alextomo It's got sumthin tae dae wi thur "professional (2022) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ppy lately so a must b daeing sumthin right vicki lol (2020) twitter link

Doric

Cameron, Alan Lallans 90 - Drumtulloch, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
h'm aa richt Ma, but Ah think sumthin his kinna loosened me up a we on page 84

4 matches

Shearer, Gillian Tales Fae The Doric Side - Guernica, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
auns outstretched, luikin fur sumthin. Sumthin jist ayont his reach on page 45

2 matches

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
angs frae langsyne A can hear sumthin, A threip, a papinjay, aiblin on page 3

2 matches

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
h, thi lyne wid gin licht eis sumthin weis pikken aff thi feish. "A on page 11
eer roaren oot o emsayl aboot sumthin, we aat, abudee turn't roon a on page 29
" Luckully Dassen meynt aboot sumthin an nippet entae a cubbie hole on page 47

4 matches

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
ingualism is affen traetit as sumthin unkan, whaaras monolingualism on page 19
/p/ we git sip, an dat means sumthin totally idder. Da phonemes o on page 22
fae cheingin hoo lood you say sumthin: a looder or mair prominent s on page 29
d an tells you aboot whit wye sumthin's gyaan, whaaras da stressed on page 30
inutive endeen - kin shaas at sumthin is peerie. Da Low Germanic en on page 42
Also on pages 46, 52, 53, 56, 58, 63, 66, 70, 71, 72, 74, 77, 82, 83, 87, 93, 100
38 matches

Southern

Tindal, Betty Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
sumthin's been hingin oan, waitin fir on page 159

1 matches

Ulster

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
odie that's lukkin tha lenn o sumthin. on page 6
sufferin sumthin tarrible!" Jesus saed tae him on page 9
waved for thaim tae get hïm sumthin tae write on, but the' wur aa on page 71
n tha Sabbath, sae as tae hae sumthin agin hïm. But he kent richt on page 79
"Ye shud dae sumthin for thïs man, for he wus tar on page 80
Also on pages 82, 84, 85, 91, 103, 104
16 matches

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
Or whut aboot tryin sumthin new? on page 15
But here's sumthin mair tae ponner, afore ye sta on page 18
But whut if it's sumthin mair? on page 26
And set tae big sumthin that mebbe will last. on page 32
Thair's affen sumthin similar ye'll hear. on page 49
Also on pages 56
7 matches

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