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Use in varieties of Scots

himsell Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.8 5 3 0 0 20.7 9.7
Number of occurrences1610 2 0 0 2 2
Number of authors8 3 2 1 2

Occurrences of himsell in Corpus

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Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
n) Nae mair hey for you! (Til himsell) A'l suin cleik thon pickie-f on page 48

1 matches

Allan, Alasdair Lallans 102 - Defenestration, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
t at awbodie else kent hoo he himsell hed gotten tae be Director o on page 82
n some joke (tho ane at Jamie himsell nae doot didna quite unnersta on page 85
e anes at wes in the ken, lik himsell. on page 87
rk oot onie mair, Murray felt himsell gettin liftit up bi the oxter on page 88
He hopit he hedna pisht himsell. That wad be waur nor the bel on page 89

8 matches

Alston, Connor THE BLACK-EYED CHILDREN OF SCOTLAND, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
t down ‘n’ wis hinkin tae himsell, “Whit the hell is a child
1 matches

Doric

Abel, Charlie The Press and Journal (Inverness, Highlands, and Islands) - Doric Corner, (DC Thomson 2024) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
s and even a toon named efter himsell. on page 25

1 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
eese ti him. He can just taak himsell roon to them and save me a jo(2019) search twitter

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
hei hed biggit fur himsell. The waiter frae the pound wi
at aa,” Yid smilt tae himsell, wi ae leuk o saitisfaction o
2 matches

Ulster

Millar, Al Echas frae tha Big Swilly Swally, (Ullans Speakers Association 2023 ISBN: 978-0957666238) Ulster, poetry
eid aal throuither," He tells himsell, "Awa hame ye ghaistly ither, on page 59

1 matches

Millar, Alan Yarns 3 - Sammy Thomson's, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - East Donegal, prose
loved himsell, wuz aye yin tae gae rammlin
1 matches

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