Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

sumthing	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	7.4	9.6	4.5	0	0	20.7	0
Number of occurrences	24	19	3	0	0	2	0
Number of authors	12	8	2			2

Occurrences of sumthing in Corpus

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Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
ut A fair wush he'd haed haen sumthing mair. on page 46

1 matches

MacKinnon, Ann Lallans 70 - Five Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, poetry
than let me mak sumthing o ma life. on page 61

1 matches

Sneddon, Duncan Lallans 83 - Biggin Brigs – Nummer 3: Cornish, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
visive fechts ower spellin - sumthing that will be weill-kent eneuc on page 107

1 matches

Hodgson, Brent Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
e toun waas, tae gie the dugs sumthing tae chow. At's what cum owre on page 91

1 matches

Hardie, George Lallans 76 - Tammy an the Cheese Plant, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
ie Broon, as he suddenly foun sumthing o great interest on the ceili
i waukin Jenny, whan Ah feels sumthing stairt ti wrap itsel
. It fair gies ye a turn whan sumthing lik thon happens in the
iked me. Ah’ve aye kent it. Sumthing aboot the
4 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 76 - The Man Wha Jeopardeized The Continued Existence O The Universe, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
it, ir ye no gaun ti wush for sumthing
please, gie ower, afore sumthing awfu happens! Wha kens whatna
soud be anither fallin stern. Sumthing’s ferr wrang here." He glow
3 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
his ettil is be-in unnertaen (sumthing tells me sae!)
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando Scots, the Electoral Commission an the language community, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
a disaster, a lauchin-stock, sumthing that wull ainlie turn fowk aw
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando Weill, weill, weill, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
onie rate, they need tae fix sumthing, an fast, or they wull dree t
electit on the Lothians leet, sumthing that wull be walcomed across
2 matches

Neil, Gabriel The Green Pairty: Holyrood’s nixt opposition?, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
ich is true, independence wis sumthing we came tae later, it’s no
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando The Great Divide, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
p SNP candidates oot confirms sumthing that’s ainlie been growein
1 matches

Ewen, Allan Pairt Ane: Janus leuks back, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
frae canvassin, but there wis sumthing different aboot this. This wi
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando The USA: Whit happened tae the Guid Guys?, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
id aspirations. The makkins o sumthing ye wad hae tae cry beautiful.
1 matches

Doric

Shearer, Gillian Tales Fae The Doric Side - Guernica, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
ah wunnert if Ma hid left oot sumthing fur me. Usually, she'd lay oo on page 41

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Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
se im asking, are you deaf or sumthing?" she reply's. So aye say's, on page 40

1 matches

Southern

Purves, David Lallans 75 - Gie Us Back Oor Place Names, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Southern, prose
he name, The Tay Bridge, haed sumthing adae wi her big tae. Til a de
1 matches

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
me fae Auld Reekie, a noticed sumthing strange yonder North Sea ?? w(2020) search twitter