A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

among Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words38.1 20.7 25.6 109.3 267.4 65.6 0
Number of occurrences11839 16 11 46 6 0
Number of authors49 20 8 8 10 3

Occurrences of among in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
its nest. Alice crouched doon among the trees best she could, bit on page 53

1 matches

Haddow, Kris nobody remembers the birdman - The Incomer, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
. Stood oot like a sare thumb among the Peggies and on page 76

1 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
nky really. He's the youngest among us anaw, huvin just turned fo on page 8
s always a sacred thing, even among the troops. on page 9
, the six ae us. Our wee clan among these tribal chieftains and t on page 24
in hear ma name floatin aboot among the young team, celebrity noo on page 29
It's just us two runnin among the skeletons ae trees agains on page 34
Also on pages 38, 39, 41, 47, 59
11 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
aashin the dishes. Een shinin among the daurk leaves, Tom peers o on page 1

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
A child of the shamrock Lost among the thistles. on page 55

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
behaviour, fechtin wis common among the yunger menfowk an withoot on page 30
cam a cry from a bonnie lass among his freens. Ithers took up th on page 87
Among the Resurrection men, on page 113

3 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 67 - William Motherwell (1797 - 1836), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
to the text of an old ballad among the vulgar, than one short ho on page 69

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
Among the vales and hills, on page 122

1 matches

Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
hey wid jist jouk in silently among the trees. The worst time wis on page 47

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
Alarming Increase o Depravity Among Animals’ is a skyrie ane. T
1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
such fire, is thought ominous among the country people’.
was said in Argyll in 1929 ‘among school-children entirely supe
the Scots word still survives among older folk'’ That maks me g
3 matches

Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
rridge n a meaningless insult among many. Seems that’ll crack a
1 matches

McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
y and spik posh when they are among their ain folk. In the north-
“There are among us those who feign, wid treat
2 matches

Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
grass or crouch in waitin in among the docks thit rattled teir d
1 matches

Robertson, Colin Lallans 81 - Wildlaw, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
e interdependence that exists among human beings, other living sp
rth to achieve a just balance among the economic, social and envi
2 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
It's here, among the egg an ham.
Her jams an jeelies were among the finest in the land.
Tae seek a livin among strangers
A'll hide awa among the whins
4 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth For the fat romantics, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
5. Ain o the heighest leevels among the OECD. Its frichtenin tae
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 176, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
him an Jesus sayin " Lat him among ye at has ne'er sinned nane c
1 matches

@RickHJohnston tweeted
Joe, Mi5 are at it. They walk among us. Trying to undermine the c (2022) twitter link

@Chazzbat tweeted
d in jewellery fer centuries, among ither things.(2020) search twitter

Doric

Manson, John Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Doric - Dumfries, poetry
eftir the photie, 'Among the Turnips' on page 119

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Among sae mony freens on page 127

1 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
An among these stories that continued on page 118

3 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
He thocht he wid get relief among some bushes, bit fin he got b
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
It is hard to be one among many . . .
1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 63 - A Wird i Yer Lug, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
in anither o his warks, Life Among My Ain Folk. A richt gweed wi
1 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
didna help settle the nerves among the mair timorous o chiels. W
e sceptics makin noise. Chief among these sceptics wis Abbie Reid
s fame on themsel’s – but among them, maist noo regrettit thi
. Still, there wis a few fowk among the search party wha question
4 matches

Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
. You’ve got to stop living among the wreckage of the past.’
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
Beannie Rannie wiz famed among the fisher fowk for her knowl
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Bob the Dog fae the Bog, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
soner. An argument hid set up among the fowk githered aboot as ta
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
likin, so I’d a gweed raik among them. I got a twar three that
1 matches

Orkney

Butler, Vera Gallows Ha - Maggie o Quoys and Bessie o Gyre , (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
ear any more for she was lost among the rabble I thowt wir me fre on page 20

1 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gallows Ha - Dance tae the End, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
I sidle among thim - thi'll mind me hereef on page 27

1 matches

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
He flietered in among them, an grabbed wan fat an b on page 96

1 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Ah'm sittan there among them wishan I wis in the pub. on page 81

1 matches

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
mussa-kruppen among the heather on page 79

2 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
I sidle among thim - they'll mind me heree on page 152

1 matches

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
They twirled among the merry dancers up high on page 90
The slaetero's among the floours on page 148

2 matches

Leonard, Ingrid Northwords Now 43 - Ingrid Leonard, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2022) Orkney, poetry
I gid in me own time's voar among on page 18

1 matches

Hall, Simon W. Haggis tasting notes, and whisky pairings, (Brisk Northerly 2019) Orkney, blog
and the morsels o meat dotted among the oatmeal mean the cooked p
1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
will be da wheer ta come oot among da fok at walks wi der heads on page 9
n dark haal an waander aroond among dat bricht flooer-beds an cö on page 11
t dry ageen: dey spak it ower among demsels, an efter twartree me on page 25
¶ wis glinderin aboot in faer among da trees, dey wir a peerie sh on page 40
addick-stöl, an oagit awa in among da girse, an as he guid, da o on page 51
Also on pages 53, 54, 65, 73, 77, 79, 80
15 matches

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
said, 'Lat wis pit some grund among dis watter, an da grund we'll on page 3
left dir hame an gied ta bide among da fremd. Da boys mairried lo on page 17
Wha among wis can clim da Loard's kame? on page 31
May du aye reign among wis; may on page 93
. Fir da Göd Man pat his son among wis no ta judge wis bit ta gi on page 135
Also on pages 155
8 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
it an tarred, an he wid gying among aa da neebirs wi a fry whin h on page 2
k him a wark whin he wins awa among yun boannie young lasses," Je on page 6
worn oot. Dey wir a lokk a TB among dem too. Nae antibiotics dan on page 7
a peerie troot lay sprikklin among da buttercups. on page 9
angers, bit we spakk nae want among wirsels. Ertie o da Mires aye on page 13
Also on pages 23, 25, 37, 42, 55, 91
12 matches

Tait, John M Lallans 58 - Sheltie Prattle an da Blue Lowe (a Pantomime) , (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, prose
"Bit I canna gaeng among aa yun posh fock cled laek di on page 35

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
bluey-purple snug among da stanes. on page 34
is passed since du cam new among wis? on page 105

2 matches

Cumming, John Da Whillie, (Shetland For Wirds 2010) Shetland, prose
took dat day, an no a whitin among dem. Beuys I hoop you hed a g
1 matches

Sinclair, Lise Juist laek Maunna, (Shetland For Wirds 2010) Shetland, poetry
Among da silver tusk an haddocks â€
1 matches

Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
onversation, at the workplace among the blue-collar workforce, or
1 matches

Watt, Valerie A skoit trowe da shops, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
gh when she learns A’m been among humans. So tae aese her sharg
1 matches

Nicholson, Hannah Samhain - Usher in the Dark - Minni-Babbi, (Leopard Arts 2021) Shetland, prose
ettin an panickin an spaekkin among demsels.
1 matches

De Luca, Christine Smootie gengs ta Lerrick, (SCOTS corpus 2003) Shetland - Bressay, weans
yoch, da neist day, oot an in among da bits o news da voice cam o
1 matches

@tattooedselkie tweeted
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hit really is fine tae be in among books. https://t.co/0a36jNaRl(2021) search twitter

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
eemed tae b' th high heid yin among thum, ca'ed oot, "Sit doon, a on page 24
"But Ah dinnae want tae gaun among mad fowk," Ahlice remarked. on page 63
at last in th bonnie gairden, among th bricht flooer-beds an th c on page 75
, maistly Kings an Queens, an among thum Ahlice recognized th Whi on page 78

4 matches

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
among yer creation, at haes appeari
1 matches

@officialAliRed tweeted
er carers for decades and are among the loveliest people youÂ’ll (2019) search twitter

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