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The word 'amid'
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Use in varieties of Scots amid Occurrences normalised per million words Occurrences Authors
Dialect map - Usage over time
Total Corpus 2.8 9 8 ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
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
8.9
2
2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
12.6
2
1
GLA - Glasgow
10.9
2
2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
1.3
1
1
SEA - South East (Borders)
12.5
1
1
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
SYN - Synthetic (no region)
Occurrences of amid in Corpus
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the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.
Mid Northern A
Johnstone, Ian Tuney Loon's low doon , (The Fraserburgh Herald 2000) Doric, newspaper
Amid aa the weird rhymery, I can b
1 matches
General Northern
The Mannie Fae Unco The Diary o a Feel at the Skweel , (unco.scot 2021) Doric, prose
lay an started draggin it oot amid clouds o styowe. Then! Then!
1 matches
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is acting against his nature amid recent criticism (2020) twitter link
Edinburgh
McKillop, Roger The Staff , (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
€™ at the temple o’ Tennis, amid threats o’ dire retribution
1 matches
McKillop, Roger Educational (Mis)Communication , (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
But we’ve, also been, amid their trials,
1 matches
Glasgow
Clark, Thomas Intae the Snaw , (Gatehouse Press 2015 ISBN: 978-0992857370) Central, poetry
Tae loss itsel amid the wind-fillt streets? on page 43
1 matches
Armstrong, Graeme Young Team , (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
Spy-club original Azzy boay. Amid the snow, two black figures. on page 34
1 matches
General Central
McClurg, Fernando Tae see oorsels as we see ithers , (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
n activism. This is haes came amid twa mair developments, baith
1 matches
South East (Borders)
Thompson, James My Borderlands , (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Amid the heapit grund on page 57
1 matches