A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Intro a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Texts Writers Statistics Top200 Search Compare

Concordance

Enter a word to find all occurrences of, for example ahint

The word 'cummin'

- basic concord - pre-sorted concord - post-sorted concord - map and chronology - chronogrid - similar spellings -

Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
cumminOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.5318
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 17.7 7 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.5 2 1
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards) 51.2 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster 238.9 17 2
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of cummin in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Orkney

Flett, Alison Harbour, (Scottish Poetry Library 2004) Orkney, poetry
ah kent yi wir cummin
see thi boats cummin in
2 matches

Aberdeen

Morrison Murray, Harold Doric, Historic and Humorous, (Peters and Sons 2024) Doric, poetry
It's cummin' noo tae fifty 'ear on page 29

1 matches

(South) East Central

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
cummin up frae ablo the cairpet. The
rren wes saufed bi the ingine cummin ti rist at its destinautioun.
“Ar ye cummin or no?”
the Borders, bot thon at wes cummin frae Tornes, on its wey ti
a strynge skartin soun cummin frae ablo. The guidman sein a
6 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
n8 aye wee man jonny brash is cummin back intae the big leegue - (2020) twitter link

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Traisur Insch (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008) Central, prose
ynit, fur fowk wuid suin quat cummin thare ti bi tirraneised owre on page 6

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Chronikil o Scotland (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-3-7) Central, prose
awaw, Thai wes uised ti fowk cummin ti vissie the wark, bot this on page 42

1 matches

Glasgow

Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
“Yoor nae cummin’!” he seyd.
1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
use is pittin dacent fowk aff cummin in tha dure." on page 4

1 matches

General Ulster

Ni Chuilin, Caral Roadin furtae Bring Forrits an Graith tha ULSTER-SCOTCH Leid, Heirskip an Cultur, (Mannystrie o Fowkgates, Airts an Aisedom 2015) Ulster, government
el in tha Ulstèr-Scotch leid cummin mair an mair as ye cum tae th on page 8
, heirskip an cultùr ootsets cummin ootae tha resydentèr curns t on page 39
leid maun be graithed wi wyce cummin oot o tha pruivin o yins 'at on page 43

4 matches

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
an' resources tae inspire the cummin on page 13
baag amoonts o' scepticism cummin fae the commonity. The penel on page 14
bring the cummin generation alang. We hae tae on page 18
tht o' culture an' maakin the cummin on page 23
rces pit intae place owre the cummin five yeirs tae aptly meet the on page 42
Also on pages 45, 47, 61, 64, 672
13 matches

Web Analytics