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The word 'summin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
summinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus134313
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 36 11 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern 325.5 2 1
ABN - Aberdeen 146.9 14 1
DOR - General Northern 22.2 5 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 10 2 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 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 summin in Corpus

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Orkney

Peace, Courtney The 'Guid' Life, (Orkney Heritage Society 2010) Orkney, poetry
Change oot o me claes an in summin clean,
1 matches

Mid Northern A

@FaeFoggie tweeted
@Smudge493 Yi micht be onti summin tho....(2019)
e far a wis gaan, coupit ower summin and ma cock got stuck in i fi(2019)
and @Wattiejwattie came up wi summin similar and caad it Groundr. (2019)
I'm nae feart ti caa sumbudy summin, soon be tooteroooed)(2019)
ng. Fan a loon wis clarted in summin. A guid bath sortit him out. (2019)
and 6 other occurrences.

South Northern

Diansangu, Mae naebdy likes a clype, (Scots Hoose 2021) Doric, poetry
inside summin o hers an
inside summin o hers an
2 matches

Aberdeen

Strachan, Shane The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - An Eggs-traordinar Egg, (Itchy Coo 2020) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
se-kind. "Ye must be eese for summin tae the aul wifie?' on page 21
teen flicht up ower the loch. Summin furlt deep doon inno the orra on page 22

2 matches

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
Weel, it’s summin tae dee wi birds fit wye we g
e. Coots I think... Or wis it summin tae dee wi kilts..?
y flight this mornin. But no. Summin happent yesterday – Grunny
is morning, I decided tae dee summin aboot the jungle o hair on ta
ns oot aa I could achieve wis summin akin tae fit a cat looks like
6 matches

Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
ink o something... I must hae summin that’ll dee.’
But there’s summin aboot this iPhone, wie its cr
enter the room and I can see summin shift in his face, like he’
e, like he’s trying to mask summin.
hough he denies it, there’s summin that maks ma sure I’ve seen
6 matches

General Northern

Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - A hame is a hame is a hame, is it nae?, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
summin's wrang wae us if we dinnae h on page 35

1 matches

Maitland, Andrew Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Auld Mannie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
They were aw staunnin aroond summin - or sumbidy? He couldna be on page 73

1 matches

Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - The mornin o the waddin, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
till switherin. Should aa say summin? Questions flap aroon ma heid on page 99

2 matches

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
nada, oot tae get steamin' is summin' totally different.(2019)

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
iblins been owre wersh in his summin up o his kinsman.
1 matches

Glasgow

Logan, Kirsty Lego, (Scots Hoose 2017) Central, weans
uld pretend she wis lookin at summin really interestin so ah would
ter, waitin fir her tae order summin. She didnae say anyhin, she j
2 matches

General Central

Law, John Lallans 56 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
d ... but naw, Jackie Baillie summin up made claer at as faur as t on page 4

1 matches

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
ack ?? so likely Edinburgh or summin I got time.(2020)

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