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The word 'gemmes'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
gemmesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus25.98615
ORK - Orkney
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
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.4 1 1
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 2
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 10.2 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire 96.1 9 1
LAL - General Central 89.3 68 6
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 41.8 3 3
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)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of gemmes in Corpus

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(South) East Central

Jamie, Kathleen Eemis Stane 1 - Whimbrel, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
abune the war-gemmes on page 5

1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
Thae politeecians play their gemmes, on page 210

1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Tasteless, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Saltcoats, prose
' rat table. A won a fair few gemmes, wis robbed whin A loast wan
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
f like rinnin aboot an pleyin gemmes, an fae that they had become on page 62

1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
ly. "Tell her suhin aboot the gemmes noo." on page 96

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
e’s ayeways trouble at they gemmes.’
1 matches

Ayrshire

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
n the run up tae the last few gemmes o the season, Killie had come on page 23

9 matches

General Central

Eagle, Andy Lallans 59 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
gither is for tae play online gemmes. A wab rake wi a search Ingin on page 54

26 matches

Clark, Thomas Diary o a Wimpy Wean, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785302145) Central, weans
ee me? I'm WELL guid at video gemmes. Wan on wan, I could banjo on on page 24
owley's bit and play ma video gemmes there. on page 26
me groondit fae playin video gemmes for twa weeks, which is aboot on page 38

5 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 59 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
gither is for tae play online gemmes. A wab rake wi a search Ingin on page 54

26 matches

Fitt, Matthew The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Wee Story Aboot Love, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
They blethered and played gemmes, but twa o the toys didnae pl on page 73

1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 62 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
e wee anes thare‘s a puckle gemmes, for example, ane aboot gaun
1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 71 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
tae thaim uised for computer gemmes the residenters can uise an c
1 matches

Ewen, Allan Pairt Ane: Janus leuks back, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
d fashion wi the Commonwealth Gemmes an saw a walcome return o Sti
1 matches

@Cobradile94 tweeted
ll hiv a week tae wirk on ma gemmes! https://t.co/bwCh1lYMJs(2017)
gaun’ae tak a week aff o ma gemmes https://t.co/lgAHdUg3mL(2018)

@LairnScots tweeted
oor free, interactive lairnin gemmes at https://t.co/ig11YnU7v9 :- (2020) twitter link
amused wi oor #Scots lairnin gemmes at https://t.co/ig11YnCw6z ht (2020) twitter link
Hae a shot o oor new lairnin gemmes, tak a Scots selfie or blethe (2019) twitter link
English wird? Gie oor online gemmes a go! https://t.co/lsZHx26hvl (2019) twitter link
get yersel there fir gairden gemmes, facepaintin, a booncy castle (2018) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
d's still gey quait, playgrun gemmes oan haud mid-birl, hauf-loup, on page 77

1 matches

Drosten, John Lallans 67 - Fower Poems bi John Drosten, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
lood at thir simmer gemmes on page 133

1 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
sh @CateranEco Total nummer o gemmes THIS season? Definitely!(2020)

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