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The word 'amazing'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
amazingOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.83220
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 23.2 4 3
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 13.1 4 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 22.8 9 1
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.5 2 2
GLA - Glasgow 9.1 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 8 6 6
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.8 2 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 amazing in Corpus

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Shetland

@tattooedselkie tweeted
@JennyLConstable It's amazing! I felt a bit bereft eftir I (2021)

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
guru fae RSPB. Great stories, amazing science and potential solutio(2019)
und lookin a bit gruesome but amazing tailoring thanks to our aweso(2017)

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
tyNasa FLY ON MARS!!! What an amazing time to be alive! Massive con (2021) twitter link

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
Pauline Afaistane Presents an Amazing Evening of Clairvoyance, Seco on page 59

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Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
aa Ah can hear is 'Wonderful! Amazing! Fabulous!', An aabody's spee on page 31
the artist: "This painting is amazing - absolutely wonderful! Fene on page 32

2 matches

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
special pistol. But the maist amazing bit hid been the silencer for
1 matches

Aberdeen

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
r. It wis jist a wifie singin Amazing Grace while she stood in fron
1 matches

General Northern

@72redz1903 tweeted
twice, ‘rebuilt’ but still amazing tae see (2020) twitter link

(South) East Central

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
cey am watching george clarks amazing spaces al - wee bit mair int (2021) twitter link
Annie__McGuire @BBCTravelScot amazing photo and always such a magic (2021) twitter link
at it - its priceless - its amazing some of the stuff am gettin s (2020) twitter link
e cars n a photo oh a tree - amazing scenes - can hardly contain (2020) twitter link
@edinburghpaper it was truly amazing - first time av ever seen a (2020) twitter link
and 4 other occurrences.

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
'Girvan Tatties, here today! Amazing!" on page 62

1 matches

Edinburgh

Docherty, John F. Lallans 81 - Lang Summer Days, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
back. They wir alive. It wis amazing they aw survived. O coorse, t on page 76

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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
eetcht his craig tae leuk. “Amazing, isn’t it?” he sayed. “
1 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
her place when he plays, it's amazing!" But a thousand thoughts hur on page 3

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McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
a swig ae mah Bucky. This is amazing man, it's like suhin oot a fi on page 176

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General Central

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
when ye've never had it it's amazing what ye can achieve. on page 63

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
re pleasant, tho’ much more amazing and astonishing, which light
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Hieroglyphics and Other Stories - All that Glistens, (Canongate 2004 ISBN: 1841955191) Central, prose
hen ah’d finished something amazing hud happened. Ah canny explai
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@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
ainbowsr4shar1 your tunes are amazing the night Sandra ?? loving th(2020)

@DABArbuckle tweeted
ng but actually sae naething. Amazing talent that. Whit a gobshite(2020)

@weenell3 tweeted
@Craig86373051 Amazing.... cannae wait for the fotie (2022) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

@StuartPoet tweeted
at @handsupfortrad for their amazing work on the Awards, we all ap(2020)
Cheers @TippermuirBooks amazing news this, so chuffed! See wh(2020)