A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

sim Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words13.2 1 19.2 0 0 0 14.5
Number of occurrences442 13 0 0 0 3
Number of authors9 2 3 2

Occurrences of sim in Corpus

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Central

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
sim fowk caa me stupit on page 63

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
tae hae sim common sense, on page 53

1 matches

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 90 - Mrs Cadwallader’s Conversion, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
Bob Sim gied a growl that made it cle on page 40
'Och it maan be,' said Sim, 'it's nae that common a name on page 41

3 matches

Cameron, Alan Lallans 90 - Drumtulloch, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
s. Cause if ye dinna, therr's sim fowk will tak ye the wrang we on page 84

3 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Ooh, got sim booze in St. Andrews on page 123
Fit kin ye dee wi sim ingins and sim peas? on page 140
fur a seance an sim coke. on page 172
In a big squid's gairdin near sim caves on page 184
spendin sim billies hard earnt pey. on page 192

7 matches

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Tha sim caird was cleared an her doon on page 11

1 matches

Gibson, Darren Cannae Thole Ye!, (lowcountrylad.blogspot.com/ 2014) Ulster - Ards, blog
Ay, gin ye hae an injury o’ sim sort ye micht bae toul tae th
1 matches

Gibson, Darren Oul money, (Ullans Magazine 2013) Ulster, prose
s sterted wi a half croon, at sim folk caa’ed a half dollar â
1 matches

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