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The word 'gemms'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
gemmsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.5158
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
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 12.9 5 3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 10.5 8 3
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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 gemms in Corpus

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(South) East Central

McDowell, Diane Drummond (Ma's Bairns), (Independently Published 2021 ISBN: 979-8592734588) Central, prose
ins, we uisually hae and play gemms ootside in on page 1

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
the faithers jyned in the gemms. The doctour wes maistlie owe
gemm eftir. The’r nae gemms i Scotland onie mair, fur aw
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 75, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
language for thair playgrund gemms an e'en some lessons. It'll b
f lairnin the languages throu gemms, sangs an pentin then, as tha
2 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
"Tell her somethin aboot the gemms nou." on page 44

1 matches

General Central

McGregor, Iain Lallans 90 - Sally, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
bairns awa fae the unchancie gemms o sweemin an slitterin aboot on page 59

2 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 87 - The Neep Lantern, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Central, prose
the heid-bummer in ony o the gemms oo played, A aye thocht it be on page 22

1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Bairns ootside, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
Sae mony excitin gemms we haed! We lued Levoy, Chasi
tside an hae some real fun an gemms!
2 matches

@Cobradile94 tweeted
irt tae see some hamebrew PS2 gemms come oot nou! https://t.co/Dm(2020)
Ainly fowk thit play gemms will unnerstaun https://t.co/(2020)
rMDempster A'v duin 'at wi ma gemms.(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Adamson, Donald Bield, (Tapsalteerie 2021) Central - Dumfries, poetry
wi its cairds and gemms and adventurs. on page 15

1 matches

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