among | Corpus occurrences | Central | Doric / Northern | Orkney | Shetland | Southern | Ulster | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Occurences normalised per million words | 38.1 | 20.7 | 25.6 | 109.3 | 267.4 | 65.6 | 0 | |
Number of occurrences | 118 | 39 | 16 | 11 | 46 | 6 | 0 | |
Number of authors | 49 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 3 |
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
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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
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
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
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Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
among yer creation, at haes appeari
1 matches
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