Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'sumhin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

sumhin	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	13.3	44	14
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	31.5	3	1
DOR - General Northern	4.4	1	1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	7.3	3	2
WCE - West Central	62.1	14	5
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow	66.6	13	2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	10.5	8	3
SEA - South East (Borders)	25	2	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 sumhin in Corpus

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Aberdeen

McGregor, Iain Lallans 77 - Farquhar, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
A jaloused thare wis sumhin wrang yon Tysday nicht whan A on page 97
Sumhin aye gaed iz a queerie souch i on page 99
r weys. A cuidnae stop fidgin sumhin awfae masel wi ma erse gaun t on page 100

3 matches

General Northern

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
sumhin terrel | on page 3

1 matches

(South) East Central

McFarlane, Ishbel Oor hail culture is fatphobic ... an thon’s the real shame, (The National 2020) Central, newspaper
’re wrang an then sell them sumhin tae sort it. Coorse, it canna
1 matches

Crawford, Ross At Stake, (productmagazine.co.uk 2022) Central - Stirling, prose
time cause ah’ve never seen sumhin sae violent afore. No in real
jist stood there, amazed that sumhin like this could happen at ma
2 matches

West Central

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 104 - Stephen, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, prose
hink she meant tae be scary. Sumhin in her ghaistly demeanor wis on page 11
e rely oan a man fur oniehin, sumhin you ken nuhin aboot." Noo tha on page 15
- walkin towards ma mither, sumhin in her ghaisty body language on page 16
'en Bundy seemed tae ken that sumhin wis wrang an mewed pathetical on page 18

6 matches

Nicol, Alissa Poor Wee Livvy, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
"Sumhin 's no right in that wean's hei
"Ew! Still, couldnae huv been sumhin live. Maybe it wis a nail or
2 matches

Mortimer, Cara Bewaur o th tap tap tap, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
d lookin fur a bit o a scran, sumhin ah really wantit tae eat. Ah
umwan wis in there, sumwan or sumhin ? Ah wis feart noo, by th way.
2 matches

Philips, Cally Gonnae No Dae That, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Turriff, prose
l. Laugh if you like. Or read sumhin ’ intil it. It’s aye the s
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
Ain ‘Urs sumhin ’ tae be said fur the aul’
Jelly Ur's sumhin ’ up wi' ma brand new telly
Thur’s sumhin ’ tae be sayed aboot the aul
3 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
ner if ah've been turnt intae sumhin in the night? Well, hink aboo on page 19
bit awfy polite: "Did ye hiv sumhin ye wantit tae say?" on page 26
tae say somebdy oaght tae say sumhin, an naebdy else wis fur pitti on page 27
bit she heard a wee shriek an sumhin fawin, an a crash ae broken g on page 36
anage it? Spose ah should fun sumhin tae eat or tae drink; bit the on page 42
Also on pages 59, 61, 69, 70, 71, 91
12 matches

Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
e him ‘Ye oan yer period or sumhin ?’
1 matches

General Central

McGregor, Iain Lallans 90 - Sally, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
'Naw! A jalouse ye seen sumhin, but gin oo baith see it theg on page 59
'It's ettlin tae tell us sumhin, A'm shair... see!' on page 63

3 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 87 - The Neep Lantern, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Central, prose
'Whae's thare? Say sumhin agane!' A rowst. on page 22

1 matches

Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
Ma grannie wis sewin or sumhin. She niver says onyhin but ye on page 44
a really wild evil wumman or sumhin bit ye had a feelin a loat o on page 46

2 matches

@raiphsays tweeted
e at... a hink a member eatin sumhin lik at! Dae Lithuanian folk m(2020)
ng Aye yer no gonnae get ower sumhin lik at!(2020)

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
til hir pantry tae sei til sumhin or ither, whan ane o the geth
der. Shei wis aye eident daen sumhin or ither tae ease the social
2 matches