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Use in varieties of Scots

sumtimes Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.7 3.5 4.5 0 11.6 0 0
Number of occurrences127 3 0 2 0 0
Number of authors7 4 2 1

Occurrences of sumtimes 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
s thit are twa sizes too big. Sumtimes they're livin' in such a whee on page

3 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
sumtimes mental. on page 12
An sumtimes shi really diz win on page 67

2 matches

McKenzie, Roddy Cataracts, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2018) Central - Dundee, prose
say and blame YI fur it. Ach, sumtimes it jist gits tae yi and thi d
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@DarrenTucker1 a sumtimes worry jist whit direction tha (2021) twitter link

Doric

Cameron, Alan Lallans 90 - Drumtulloch, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
rm afore, tae help ithers, an sumtimes like the last time, ye kin ma on page 84

1 matches

Shearer, Gillian Tales Fae The Doric Side - Guernica, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
ved ma tae bits she said. But sumtimes ah wunner if she's really hap on page 43
ivver tak it oot on Ma an me. Sumtimes ah get on his nerves but ah k on page 44

2 matches

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
y), da Shaetlan - ie forms is sumtimes "fixed" tae - in (*a creepin, on page 40
o naems ir constructed wi of, sumtimes shortened tae o' (as in John on page 47

2 matches

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