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The word 'hmm'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
hmmOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.62813
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 21.9 2 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.5 2 1
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 26.2 2 1
LAL - General Central 9.3 7 4
SEA - South East (Borders) 87.3 7 1
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)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of hmm 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

@peediepuss tweeted
@jm_stout Hmm, I widna let yin go ony furth (2021) twitter link

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Ronnie Hinnersin spikkin. Mmm hmm. Yer name's Tina. Oh! Ye liki on page 53
irs oan the tablecloot. "Admm hmm." She noddit. "That souns lik on page 72

3 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 77 - Anither Time, Anither Place, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
that had faa'en aff a shelf. Hmm. Fit's ess? Barchester Towers on page 30

2 matches

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Hmm! on page 114

1 matches

(South) East Central

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
Hmm. (Reading)... "Ham is ripe". on page 68

1 matches

West Central

Clark, Thomas A Scots Pairlament?, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Bellshill, blog
Hmm. Ach weel, ye say tae yersel.
1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
s that bridge some rainy day, hmm?” She leukit aroon, an saye
“Hmm. Well, it’s like this,” h
2 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
'Hmm, yes, Angie?' She's no even t on page 3

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
r I ken maist things, an she, hmm, disnae ken mueckle at aa! Be on page 18
rsel dried oot gey shuin. "Ah-hmm!" said the Mous, wi a guid co on page 25

2 matches

General Central

Clark, Thomas Diary o a Wimpy Wean, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785302145) Central, weans
HMM... LET'S CHECK IT AGAIN. on page 20

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Flittin In, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
e gied him a thochtie luk. ‘Hmm ..weel..ach .. we’l strauch
1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Less Trauchle Nor A Bairn, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
e, eh? Whaur dae ye cam frae, hmm? Wha d’ye belang tae?’ Th
Hmm.’ She lukked itae the faur
2 matches

Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Fankle, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927459) Central, weans
Kat read the names. ‘Hmm . . . Planet Braw soonds nice
t a guid luik, up an doon. ‘Hmm . . . yer hair’s in an awfi
2 matches

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
@SconeOf Hmm blue to red is that a fitba r(2020)

South East (Borders)

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
hem, a wid appreciate that... hmm?(2020)
? Amrut, Rampur or John Paul? Hmm? ?? me drank JP, it’s utter (2020)
ur those in the bloody north! Hmm? https://t.co/Hi1Y7zqQRd(2020)
mer Fir the young generations hmm? https://t.co/EaZKQiAlRj(2020)
oor freedom fae the Sooth? ?? hmm(2020)
and 2 other occurrences.