A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'suhin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
suhinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus22.3748
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
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 306.5 61 4
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 3.9 3 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 125.5 9 1
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 suhin 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.

Edinburgh

Capener, Jack This laund wis wrocht for you an me, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central - Edinburgh, blog
Aiblins it’s aboot time for suhin new.
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
acter an dialogue, an this is suhin ah've tried keenly tae reflec on page vii
This wis suhin the Dodo couldnae answer wioo on page 27
her idea ae the tale wound up suhin like this: on page 30
ae Alice. "Ye're hinkin aboot suhin else!" on page 31
pit it tae her lips onyweys. "Suhin interestin's bound tae happen on page 34
Also on pages 39, 45, 52, 68, 72, 84, 86, 87, 95, 96, 107
18 matches

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
the wee guy. Wire strength or suhin they call it. Ah start exerti on page 13
ibbe see yeez aw the morra or suhin, eh?' on page 15
caravan ah've ever seen. Like suhin oot The Hills Have Eyes. Prob on page 19
'We'll figure suhin oot,' ah say, an drag Dolly a on page 22
'Suhin like that,' ah shout back. on page 23
Also on pages 24, 26, 29, 30, 31, 59, 60, 61, 103
19 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
just a token request. Ask fur suhin daft n you'll end up wae few on page 7
hrough yir drawers lookin fur suhin or nuhin. Yi hud tae love him on page 8
make yi feel brave n part ae suhin. That's the yin-yang balance. on page 10
ee guy. Wan ae us hus tae say suhin but... on page 13
them looks aboot eighteen or suhin, a right elder wan. Taz's con on page 18
Also on pages 28, 30, 32, 44
11 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
ut we're no really. If ah say suhin and she hinks it's stupit, sh on page 2
ean anyhin. No everyhin means suhin, on page 6
on. Ah vaguely mind her sayin suhin aboot... trouble at the pub? on page 9
that nasty? Ah could tell ye suhin actually nasty, if ye want: on page 12
himsel lucky ah didnae go fur suhin mair top shelf, a Schiehallio on page 22
Also on pages 29
7 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
hinkin ah wis gawn schizo or suhin. Ah hink the cunt wis actuall on page 75
l we were oan the motorway or suhin, heading ae mah granny's hoos on page 76
uckin swing it aboot man, cut suhin in hawf. Like a melon urr a p on page 172
n it's like a fuckin rave urr suhin. on page 173
his is amazing man, it's like suhin oot a film! on page 176

6 matches

General Central

@jack_capener tweeted
lie A mind @DrMDempster sayin suhin aboot this yince?(2020)
@JennyLConstable Wis it no suhin tae dae wi Change UK?(2019)

@WhenDidADidny tweeted
bit mer for it n a just KNOW suhin absolutely mental is gonny ha (2018) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

Haddow, Kris nobody remembers the birdman - The Incomer, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
rin at school. Thocht ye were suhin special, some said, up there on page 78

1 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Nuhin is Certain, Except, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
A walk intae the suhin worse than thon scene fae Tra
e details, but A’ll tell ye suhin fir nuhin… there’ll ne’
2 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - No In-gleesh, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
pokes her heid oot. She says suhin tae me in Croatian, then scre
No In-gleesh’ afore rattlin suhin else aff et the dug, and lo a
her erms foldit, and she says suhin wae a grin tae either me or t
Suhin A’ll fin oot time an again
4 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Where Dae Ye Catch the Bus Tae Sarajevo?, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
in here. No an assumption¬—suhin A’ve fun oot nae less than
1 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - The Stert ae World War III?, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
aff et nicht tae save energy (suhin A suspect Britain’ll end up
1 matches

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