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The word 'amo'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
amoOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus15.3493
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 114.4 35 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 57.6 13 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
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 amo in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
fit A say tae ye is: Faaivver amo ye att be anggert wi his brit on page 12
"Mith there be a chiel amo ye att wid gie his loonie a s on page 15
n syne begun tae rake for him amo their freens. Bit they culdna on page 83
tt his maet maun dee e same." Amo them att cam tae be baptised on page 84
aayers an e Pharisees muttert amo themsels, "Fa's iss chiel wi on page 88
Also on pages 89, 91, 93, 94, 97, 98, 99, 100, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 116, 117, 119, 120, 121
35 matches

General Northern

Strachan, Shane Tales Fae The Doric Side - A Tod’s Thoucht , (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
reerie amo the stirks, winna on page 79

1 matches

Strachan, Shane Northwords Now 43 - Shane Strachan, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2022) Doric, poetry
reerie amo the stirks, winna on page 19

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
e Knicht at cam waachlin doun amo my mannies. Cheetie my dou, c on page 13
ssmen doun i the chimley-neuk amo the shinners, but ae mintie m on page 15
h-like at she cowpit him ower amo the shinners. "My praicious L on page 17
fan Ailice funn her firstlins amo the aise, she wes jist three on page 29
lowpit up in a fricht, Ailice amo the lave. on page 40
Also on pages 62, 73, 74, 75
11 matches

General Central

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - Andra’s Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
Forbye, amo the yairds, on page 50

1 matches

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