Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'tommy'

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Use in varieties of Scots

tommy	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	32.2	107	28
ORK - Orkney	19.9	2	2
SHD - Shetland	5.8	1	1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	55.6	17	3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern	325.5	2	1
ABN - Aberdeen	21	2	1
DOR - General Northern	13.3	3	2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	9.8	4	3
WCE - West Central	204.2	46	2
DUN - Dundee	21.2	2	2
EDN - Edinburgh	18.6	3	1
GLA - Glasgow	41	8	2
AYR - Ayrshire	21.4	2	2
LAL - General Central	18.4	14	6
SEA - South East (Borders)	12.5	1	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 tommy 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

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
The Loons: Tommy Tiffy, Ernie Tooin on page 11

1 matches

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
claim ur prize. 'Oh, heck and Tommy,' says the lass ahint the coo on page 87

1 matches

Shetland

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
Yesterday Tommy wis in for a visit, when I ca (2019) twitter link

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
t the Legion...weel, her man, Tommy, said aat loasin aa yon wecht on page 69

2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
s o his roosty cage, an grat. Tommy Bruce, the wee
If anely Tommy wad play wi him like he eesed
his pet. Yon war gran times. Tommy eesed tae let Geordie oot tae
Tommy hid grown scunnered o luikin
Geordie. Geordic wis a deave. Tommy hid gotten
14 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
ases I kint fowk at workit at Tommy Tait's in Inverurie. They say(2019)

South Northern

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Montrose, prose
brands in the warl. Rock on, Tommy! I really enjoyit this. on page 125

1 matches

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric, prose
brands in the warl. Rock on, Tommy ! I really enjoyit this.
1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 82 - Beyond The Pale , (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
r across fae the Morrices wis Tommy an Nell Duncan an their loon on page 72
ice noo an then. Ah myne, fan Tommy Duncan's loon bocht a braa ra on page 74

2 matches

General Northern

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
s wheesht so thon Welsh fella Tommy git a wordie edgewise?(2015)

@72redz1903 tweeted
his job became difficult fan Tommy Neilson his no. 2 drapped oot (2020) twitter link
tae Ebbes tenior was losing Tommy Neilson right at the start. (2020) twitter link

(South) East Central

McDowell, Diane Drummond (Ma's Bairns), (Independently Published 2021 ISBN: 979-8592734588) Central, prose
ted George employ a gairdner. Tommy McAllister certainly daednae on page 1

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
"Tommy, ah've goat suttin fur yae th on page 116
"Ah hope it's gid news, Tommy" he tells me. on page 117

2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 114, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
ther pairties, the SSP led bi Tommy Sheridan promised tae provide
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ies sir, shoutet Bryan Allan. Tommy Campbell's always doon at the on page 46
er tae batter them miss, said Tommy Campbell. Ah don't think that on page 83
t's pit me aff meat fur life. Tommy Campbell's ma partner fur coo on page 85
Mine an Tommy's soya mince come oot lookin on page 86
hris Ross. Gaun wee man, said Tommy Campbell, Dae yir Tom Jones i on page 90
Also on pages 94, 103, 106, 107, 108, 111, 118, 119, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 130, 133, 135, 157, 158, 159, 169
45 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
The Tommy Sheridan tan o it, on page 3758

1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
an Tommy Hiliger thinks he's thi squir on page 65

1 matches

McKenzie, Roddy Cataracts, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2018) Central - Dundee, prose
m much- ther eh bizzy. But wi Tommy gone, it wiz back tae work. C
1 matches

Edinburgh

Docherty, John F. Lallans 81 - Lang Summer Days, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
ey wis thair. He palled it wi Tommy Lamplugh, an Sidney an Tommy on page 76

3 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
Mah maw, obviously, mah Uncle Tommy, mah auntie Sharon, mah grann on page 171
'Moan, Uncle Tommy,' ah say, 'you grab the tange on page 174

6 matches

Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
'You'll be a pal of Tommy 's, then? Ah'm lossin track of
're up tae but it's no funny. Tommy 'll kill you if he funds oot �
2 matches

Ayrshire

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
e at Craigside Road. Ma uncle Tommy drove a breid van an whiles w on page 23

1 matches

Meikle, William Overheard in a Cemetery, (ABCTales.com 2004) Central - Ayrshire, prose
yours. It's jist as weel that Tommy telt me aboot it when he did
1 matches

General Central

Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
o's at the door, the Gestapo, Tommy. Tommy, don't lea me!' This w on page 47

8 matches

McClurg, Fernando Weill, weill, weill, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
airty; ahint their real faes, Tommy Sheridan’s ego ootfit Solid
1 matches

@IshbelMcF tweeted
berg https://t.co/zaZbhmrqe7. Tommy's fave is Are You A Boy Or Ar(2020)

@billykayscot tweeted
ic_Ally @BenjyPalmer Ma uncle Tommy drove a breid van in west Fif(2020)
@rossauchenree Tommy Steele did the rouns as weel!(2020)

@Chazzbat tweeted
sharp Fund him. He's mates wi Tommy Y-L, an he spends aa day tell(2020)

@LairnScots tweeted
d. Anither character is cried Tommy Brock. An example o folk ower (2021) twitter link

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
s, an shei hirsel an hir man, Tommy Warwick, an the feck o
1 matches