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The word 'sumburgh'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
sumburghOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.9166
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 2
SHD - Shetland 81.4 14 4
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
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders)
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 sumburgh 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

@HJosephineGiles tweeted
ae need thee tae nip doun tae Sumburgh an tak a video. (2021) twitter link

@peediepuss tweeted
the Sooth Light. Canno scrime Sumburgh but Fitful is clear enough (2020) twitter link

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
a ridden ony lass fae here ta Sumburgh Head, but what does du do? Du on page 19
me, fur he wid pick wis up at Sumburgh. An he aksed wis ta come fur on page 21
called oot, some ship sooth a Sumburgh in trouble. on page 33
iced as shune as I laandit at Sumburgh, an Jim pickit me up, foo da on page 62
er whin shü waved dem aff ar Sumburgh. on page 76

5 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
airden, De'r tammie nories at Sumburgh on page 87

1 matches

Cumming, John Da Whillie, (Shetland For Wirds 2010) Shetland, prose
kaens whit hed taen him ta da Sumburgh Roost in a stown whillie, bit
1 matches

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
e climate change, I wonder if Sumburgh Airport will be under da sea (2020)
can see #puffins fae a car at Sumburgh Head RSPB nature reserve :) i(2016)
artHousden #shetland #fetlar #sumburgh http://t.co/2Uz3k7I5lB(2014)
#Shetland folk - da Sumburgh Head foghorn is blowin at noo(2015)
A bonny sky at Sumburgh dis afternoon and thousands o(2015)
and 2 other occurrences.

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