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The word 'skim'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
skimOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus12.3405
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 121 37 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 88.3 1 1
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 skim 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.

Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
fter eis, twa Boddim laad's, "Skim an Muskey,"' weis cullecten s on page 5
boot 3 hunner waicht, apiece. Skim hid a brainwayve, "A'l (ak th on page 6
rm an got a hud o a laad caad Skim, an thi emediatly jumpit aboo on page 12
""Waa waa bathie." Oneywury, Skim chukket ower a tow an sum o B on page 13
Gibby Burnett, Harry, Hilly, Skim, Ma unkil Zool, an ov coarse on page 50
Also on pages 51, 52, 55, 56, 57
36 matches

Wilson, Katie Becus a hae a sister a hae a friend, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Buckie, prose
e and wreck it though she’d skim her wee leggies across aahin.
1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger Uprisin' an' Doonfa', (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
e their ba’s sae they would skim aff an’ plough through oor
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
whar the flichterin swallows skim. on page 18

1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Thein skim alang wi mighty speid on page 32

1 matches

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