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The word 'sammy'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
sammyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus15.75213
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
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 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 53.3 12 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 155.7 31 3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal) 605.7 1 1
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) 163.5 1 1
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 116.3 2 1
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster 28.4 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of sammy in Corpus

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Shetland

Sinclair, James Makkin Hame, (Shetland For Wirds 2018) Shetland, poetry
Johnnie Brucker, Sammy o Nort-Hoose an da
1 matches

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Sissy Sammy - Steenywid on page 187

1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
e back ae the class wi Simple Sammy Semple, an aw he dis is sits on page 16
Christopher Rice got hold of Sammy Semple's jotter an he was pas on page 18
everyone was laughin at Sammy an callin him a spaz cause he on page 19

4 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Lallans 68 - Barlinnie Gradyooits, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
o bit coz ae that tiym him an Sammy Camboal git dun fur nickin th on page 41

3 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Mumbo Jumbo, (Litro magazine 2006) Central, prose
e back ae the class wi Simple Sammy Semple, an aw he dis is sits
Christopher Rice got hold of Sammy Semple’s jotter an he was p
ss an everyone was laughin at Sammy an callin him a spaz cos he o
cos ah couldnae face gaun in. Sammy wid probly huv tolt evrubdy a
4 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Cantsmell, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2020) Central, prose
Sammy Campbell burnt Cantsmell wi a
1 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
d yins. Bit ae Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr. an Dean Martin, he on page 1
SAMMY GETS A JOB on page 59
'Eh, it's Sammy.' on page 60
SAMMY THE CRIME SCENE CLEANER on page 103
s Christ, 'm - I'm so sorry, Sammy.' on page 104

8 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
SAMMY'S BAG OF WHELKS on page 1
'Aw, magic, Sammy,' he says. 'Ah've no hud whel on page 2
'FUCK SAKE, SAMMY?' he shouts up at me, getting on page 3
SAMMY'S DA'S FUNERAL on page 75
his is yer faither's funeral, Sammy - show some respect.' Ah joo on page 77
Also on pages 171, 173, 174, 175
11 matches

Smith, Elaine C. The Glasgow Gruffalo, (Itchy Coo 2017 ISBN: 978-1785300592) Central - Glasgow, weans
"Cheers fur the offer, Sammy Snake - no the day. on page 11
An Sammy Snake shot the craw. on page 13
"Och, it's jist Sammy Snake. Haw, Sammy! Hullo!" on page 18

6 matches

Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
s sayin but it wis sumpn like Sammy Rinpoche, Hammy Rinpoche and
he. Funny that. Wi names like Sammy, Hammy and Ally they could pl
owed in apology then giggled. Sammy sat in the front tryin tae na
she should come, Jimmy,' said Sammy. 'If the parents see that you
Sammy paused in his prayin and turn
6 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
Sammy Skiff on page 21

1 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
@curexcomplex Dae ye think Sammy that we sall be releeased a b(2020)

Donegal (East Donegal)

Millar, Alan Yarns 3 - Sammy Thomson's, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - East Donegal, prose
Sammy Thomson’s Lyle Hill trifles
1 matches

West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
Yaes al' know Sammy Graham, a Moneydig man bae bi on page 29

1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Millar, Al Echas frae tha Big Swilly Swally, (Ullans Speakers Association 2023 ISBN: 978-0957666238) Ulster, poetry
Sammy Sproule an Jeck McGill on page 30

2 matches

General Ulster

@OrangRuth tweeted
@DebShoes72 Sammy was doing an up-the-skirt vid(2018)