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The word 'somebdy'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
somebdyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.8228
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 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 63.7 14 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
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 somebdy 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.

General Northern

Johnston, Mary Lallans 82 - Life Spang, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
k lach. Still an on, fen iver somebdy gies me an aipple an I tak a on page 26

1 matches

Cameron, Douglas Tales Fae The Doric Side - Ma New Dug, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
aff tae see somebdy on page 46

1 matches

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
My lugs is deaved wi somebdy's patter on page 9

1 matches

Forrest, Liam Hittin the Toon, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
might ae went fleein and gave somebdy a concussion. He wiz wi a pai
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
jist wait doon here till ah'm somebdy else'-bit, then, dearie me!" on page 20
Dodo hid stoapped zif tae say somebdy oaght tae say sumhin, an naeb on page 27

2 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
"Tuesday the 12", fairly sure somebdy's stealin fae me or ah've got on page 5
han. Ah widnae want tae upset somebdy unless ah really hud tae. Ah' on page 10
when ye hear on the news that somebdy's died. Ye go 'aw, that's sad on page 11
at some point? Replace me wi somebdy fae the waitin list that's le on page 13
Drinks and it's rare ye meet somebdy wi such a correct opinion. on page 16
Also on pages 18, 19, 20, 22, 29
12 matches

General Central

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
gh he didnae love me, wan day somebdy will. on page 7
n the person inside feels lit somebdy they're not on page 15

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
'If he's aye prunin somebdy's napper"' on page 12
She breks and enters somebdy's place. on page 34

2 matches

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