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The word 'aam'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
aamOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.3115
ORK - Orkney 49.7 5 1
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.4 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
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 56.9 2 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of aam in Corpus

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Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
sel aboot me, beuy," I says, "Aam fine as I am, "(though I wirn on page 15
Puir Jeemie thowt "Aam for id noo, on page 39
"No bother, aam deun id a minys the time" on page 70
he place for me, thirs no wey aam gaan in!" on page 79
right trow tae his draars, so aam led tae believe. on page 80

5 matches

Shetland

Watt, Valerie A daander trowe Michaelswood, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
“Ma-aam! Da-a! We need mair dancers!
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Görwill trows blamed for earthquake, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
mb trowe dir tick hair. “Ma-aam!” roared Snurtysleeves.
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
e say's, "Aye haav a dreem." "Aam gan tae transform eis plaise on page 33

1 matches

(South) East Central

Lawrenson, Dorothy Ranch Road 12, San Marcos, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central - Fife, poetry
the nicht across. Aam blin. Syne
1 matches

General Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne A Furst Readin Book in Ulster Scots, (Evertype 2011) Ulster, weans
, ‘Am a gingerbried weefla, Aam,Aam,A am. Arun awa
,Aam,A am. Arun awa
2 matches

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