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The word 'sumtimes'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
sumtimesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.7127
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 31.9 3 2
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 4 3 1
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 sumtimes in Corpus

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Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
y), da Shaetlan - ie forms is sumtimes "fixed" tae - in (*a creepin, on page 40
o naems ir constructed wi of, sumtimes shortened tae o' (as in John on page 47

2 matches

Mid Northern A

Cameron, Alan Lallans 90 - Drumtulloch, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
rm afore, tae help ithers, an sumtimes like the last time, ye kin ma on page 84

1 matches

General Northern

Shearer, Gillian Tales Fae The Doric Side - Guernica, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
ved ma tae bits she said. But sumtimes ah wunner if she's really hap on page 43
ivver tak it oot on Ma an me. Sumtimes ah get on his nerves but ah k on page 44

2 matches

(South) East Central

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@DarrenTucker1 a sumtimes worry jist whit direction tha (2021) twitter link

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
sumtimes mental. on page 12
An sumtimes shi really diz win on page 67

2 matches

McKenzie, Roddy Cataracts, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2018) Central - Dundee, prose
say and blame YI fur it. Ach, sumtimes it jist gits tae yi and thi d
1 matches

General Central

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
s thit are twa sizes too big. Sumtimes they're livin' in such a whee on page

3 matches

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