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The word 'semmit'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
semmitOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.92316
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 2
MNB - Mid Northern B 111.9 1 1
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 21 2 1
DOR - General Northern 31 7 3
NEC - North East Central 45.9 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 2.4 1 1
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 4
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.9 2 2
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 semmit 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.

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ding?" The masseur tirred his semmit an stairtit te pummel the chi on page 13

1 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
on yer back, lat him hae yer semmit anaa. An gin 4 chiel gar ye g on page 12

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
hin purple an yalla Interlock semmit an draars. "They'r a fair age on page 37

1 matches

Mid Northern B

Fowler, Ross Sunday Fitba wi ma Faither, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
is neb a doon the front o his semmit. I wis sure he wis gaen tae h
1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
ester park wis soaked tae the semmit an chilled tae the bane. "Ah on page 86

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 75 - The Petrol Tanker, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Doric, prose
he hoose he wis jist weerin a semmit, nae a sark, an an aal pair o
1 matches

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
I've changed ma semmit, changed ma sheen an ma socks on page 67
Ye kin knit a semmit at oor fireplace, on page 135
it, kent it, stick it up yer semmit). on page 144

4 matches

Murdoch, Steve Lallans 63 - Poacher, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
d on a jersey, twa sarks an a semmit ablow his jaickit, it’s aye
1 matches

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
day. Is the dress code still "semmit under sark?"(2019)
is best served wi yer thermal semmit on"(2019)

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
er ran doon the ba Hercules's semmit. Eventually Atlas returned wi on page 47

1 matches

(South) East Central

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
"Can ye strip him tae his semmit?" on page 28

1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Dressed in his semmit he picks his winners, on page 87

1 matches

Ayrshire

Meikle, William Overheard in a Cemetery, (ABCTales.com 2004) Central - Ayrshire, prose
even get as faur as wearing a semmit.
1 matches

General Central

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
ye big hugs 'til ye feel yer semmit ride up roond yer neck, they on page

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Jordan's New Jaiket, (Education Scotland 2014) Central, weans
aboot his room and foond his semmit and pit it on. Then he ran ta
1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
pitmirk, poke, rowth, scart, semmit, thole and thrapple, vennel,
1 matches

@LairnScots tweeted
ddies in yer class ken whit a semmit is? Whit aboot a pair o breek (2018) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
pink nipples, semmit straplines, on page 21

1 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
air holes in yon than an auld semmit. Really, there's no reason fo(2020)

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