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awmaist Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words21.6 35.6 0 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences6767 0 0 0 0 0
Number of authors25 25

Occurrences of awmaist in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

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Moodie, Gordon D. Lallans 90 - Snoke Iz A Pithie Warlock, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
Ma ploy awmaist workit bit Ah hearit the taxi on page 81

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Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
easedom and a dignity ayont, awmaist, oor ferlie-faur imaginins. S on page 6

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Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
an eek oot the story awmaist foriver on page 33

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Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
ma baffy poised, Ah'm awmaist there, on page 75
Ah'm ready noo, Ah'm awmaist there an WHOOSH! Ah birl the on page 76
o haar an reek. It's awmaist like bein back on page 77

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
, and she wis dumfoonert when awmaist at wanst the cigar wi its wee on page 205

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 81 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Prestwick, newspaper
al', Mary Johnston gies us an awmaist diarie-like accoont o an even on page 5

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
o chocolate a day that it wis awmaist impossible for him no tae fin on page 26
irs slawly ower the tap o it, awmaist cooryin in tae it, and the sh on page 32
sheet o pure owd hammered oot awmaist tae the thinness o paper. On on page 59
In awmaist ilka hoose we've been, on page 157

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
It is warth takkin tent that awmaist aw speakers o Scots is speake on page 16

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Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
kelp that he boonced up again awmaist as heich as where he wis afor on page 65
e burn wis that muckle it was awmaist a river, and sae it didna rin on page 85

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Forde, Iain W D Swallae and Amethyst (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-1-3) Central, prose
grytely chynged tho, an shae awmaist cuidna finnd the houss o Nanc on page 8

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
mbra Castle). Sae the buik is awmaist a haunbuik tae the ootsets in on page 110

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central - Prestwick, prose
tho this cantraip is drapped awmaist straucht aff. But what o the on page 116

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
s 'ilk yin', an, itherwhaurs, awmaist aye represents 'ane' as 'yin' on page 136
. It's a truism that dugs can awmaist talk, but this poem, atweill, on page 141

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Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
Jubiter is awmaist a Sun Gird o its ain richt wi
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Robertson, James The Deil, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
awmaist joco. Syne he gaed back oot.
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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 74 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
rin o Scots. Atweill, the’r awmaist univairsal greement that the
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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
gun at a weylaid coach. This awmaist costs the rider his life. But
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Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
gainstuid agin the inbrak an awmaist cairried out a refutautioun o
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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 63 - Auld plain Scottis, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
tae be uised. Inglis cunyies awmaist disappears frae the hoards (t
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Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
pean thinking an sae it becam awmaist a heresy tae differ wi the te
els, tho muckle like oorsels. Awmaist the first body tae propone th
as curious asides, tho as yet awmaist naebody jaloused objects mich
nged its gait twa-three times awmaist like it wis driven. Some thir
ar licht, a licht that soonds awmaist like a fause, man-made ane, t
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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
e, kis Scott’s plays ir nou awmaist totallie unkent, but i the 50
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Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
An the wee bird cam off awmaist hale,
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Capener, Jack No Guid Eneuch, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central, blog
shair linguistic equality fir awmaist 30% o wir population.
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Bremner, Stewart Haud Yer Wheesht?, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
-recognisable artefacts? It's awmaist like we've been taucht tae no
warna dumbin it doon. It wis awmaist a miracle tae hear. Owerwhelm
never felt English. They felt awmaist like they were in ma bones. A
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Clark, Sara Your Leid, Oor Leid, Awbody's Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
coonterpairts in Scots. It's awmaist tae guid tae be true. An ah i
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Clark, Sara Indyref 2: Aulder, Wiser, Kinder, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
votit Naw, an she sent me an awmaist apologetic email tellin me it
e who thocht itherwise seemed awmaist an alien tae me. Ah had the m
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Macdonald, Amy Evelynn and Peter, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Ayr, prose
It’s been awmaist six year since she wis first
Her disease has caused awmaist complete isolation between us
on her every so often. Ah’m awmaist inside the car when Ah had a
ner. Ah’m last tae show up. Awmaist in sync everybody rises fae t
on getting hame fast, that Ah awmaist don’t recognise the woman w
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Smith, Jamie William Playfair: faither o data visualisation, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
aw creditit tae Scots. It’s awmaist embarrassin. But maist fowk l
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Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
. He wisna bad-luikin; it wis awmaist a peety she wis gaun tae gub
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Capener, Jack This laund wis wrocht for you an me, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central - Edinburgh, blog
It seems awmaist contradictory that a body can
ar nocht but clart an glaur. Awmaist the hail island’s populatio
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McClurg, Fernando Weill, weill, weill, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
na faw ablo. At ilka turn for awmaist a decade, fowk hae been sayin
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Widmann, Thomas The State o Denmark, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
ishment govrenment”, it’s awmaist siccar the DFP as the muckle
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Neil, Gabriel The Green Pairty: Holyrood’s nixt opposition?, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
The UK General Election is awmaist upo us, but we ken that the L
t is becomin so common it’s awmaist a cliché awready. Gin ye’r
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McClurg, Fernando The Great Divide, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
rowein clearer by the day for awmaist five month noo: Scots politic
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Ewen, Allan Pairt Ane: Janus leuks back, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
oot an ile fund prentit in an awmaist uniformally hostile press? Sc
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Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s linguistic launscape – Scottish Staunart English and Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
icise a sentence in a mainner awmaist sleekitly subtle, flittin sli
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Douglas, Ashley The Maitland Quarto and Poem 49, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2021) Central, prose
ared and literate wumman, and awmaist siccarly the bodie whae trans
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Smirnov, Kuzma , (Facebook 2015) Central, prose
Juist like aw (or awmaist aw) yese Scots-speakers daes
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@jack_capener tweeted
thon's a poyem gars iz greet awmaist ilka time.(2019) search twitter
n owre Embra sae thick ye cin awmaist taste salt.(2019) search twitter

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