A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Concordance

The word 'mid-'

Use in varieties of Scots

Occurrences of mid- in Corpus

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
ɛ mid-low front unrounded vowel /pɛ on page 23

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@helenmoncrieff tweeted
I was feeling in a proper mid-winter grump til I got to work(2014)

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
h think he's haein ane o yon 'mid-life crisis' thingies. He's bi on page 13
Sandy wis stoppit in mid-sentince, bi a pooerfu hoof in on page 36
; hovered in mid-air. on page 45

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
he steppit inte the shimmerin mid-day sin. "Look it aat heathaze on page 7
Morrice wis cut aff in mid-sintence as the belly duncer s on page 16

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Hutchison, Pat Bulletbroo, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
z foonert. The doctor and the mid-wife hid been glentin at eenan
he mither and fuspert tae the mid-wife, “Big heed and imbecile
The mid-wife grabbit the bairn and sai
red tae see her bairn and the mid-wife gave the bairn a wash an
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Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ies wint intae service in the mid-nineteenth century. Jessie was
1 matches

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
efter mair nor a year. 91 an mid-echties, deein weel an affa we (2021) twitter link

Aberdeen

General Northern

(South) East Central

Peffers, Bob A Aboot Mid-Camps, Kirnitten, Bi East Cawther, (peffers50.freeserve 2002) Central - Fife, prose
A Aboot Mid-Camps, Kirnitten, Bi East Cawt
e tell aboot hoo athin wis at Mid-Camps bi Kirnitten in the kint
2 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Economic Theory, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
up. It wis this young wumman, mid-twinties wi broun een an awfu
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
s aw reddies ti ding doun the mid-spang
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Forrest, Liam Hittin the Toon, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
roup eh men who wurr in their mid-thirties dress and act like a
1 matches

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 82 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Prestwick, prose
Back in the mid-eichties, whan A wes a Ph. D. on page 6

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Sands, Finn THE GHAISTLY FITBAW MATCH, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
Siddenly, a monstrous luckin mid-field player crossit an ootsta
1 matches

Dundee

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Flemings o’ Dalnoid, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
That blooms in mid-winter,
1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
a car windscreen and explodes mid-air, wae an almighty fuckin ba on page 19

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Whan thare's nae mid-day at aw on page 48

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Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
TES!’ the DJ announces in a mid-atlantic drawl ay his ain fabr
1 matches

Ayrshire

General Central

Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
strands o pleyscrievin in the mid-twentieth century in Scots. Yi on page 39

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
tapped and hovered, hingin in mid-air like a helicopter, hingin on page 164

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Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
he steyed there ... hingin in mid-air ... aboot twa fit up... ay on page 39

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Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
o his jaw and hung dreepin in mid-air, then snappit. on page 54

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
heart monitor's...' She stops mid-sentence when she sees me reac on page 84

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Douglas, Ashley The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Sweet Sang o the Widd, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
st, until the bird stappit in mid-sang. on page 110

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
he Germans an Frainch fae the mid-18t century onwards. on page 110

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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 82 - Nae Guid Ettle, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
at the heidstrap, weir in the Mid-East, flids in the Faur East, on page 19

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Robson, Frances Lallans 74 - Gentlemen of the road, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
resiled, geelt i mid-air,
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Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
wis kenspeckle. Efter, in the mid-16th century, nae less a body
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Falconer, Gavin Lallans 81 - Scots an Mid-Ulster Inglish, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
Scots an Mid-Ulster Inglish
a subject o discoorse is the Mid-Ulster dialect o Inglish — t
eenctive accent. Discussion o Mid-Ulster Inglish haes been affec
But whit is Mid-Ulster Inglish? Weel, in sempl
hink it’s richt tae deal wi Mid-Ulster Inglish unner the Hiber
19 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
we learn aboot the language o mid-twentieth Century Glasgow fae
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Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
the Heilans. Scotland in the mid-18ct century wis tore atween t
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@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
presume because that is when mid-winter am wi flu an a forbye t(2020)

@bigandymccoll tweeted
t photie shot me back tae the mid-70s. We were so poor that the (2022) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
four times torpedeo'd mid-Atlantic on page 50

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Adamson, Donald Bield, (Tapsalteerie 2021) Central - Dumfries, poetry
nae later than mid-wey throu the neist sentence.) on page 18

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Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
this Greek bar at mid mornin, mid-life, you are a cocktail o oor on page 24

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East Antrim (Larne)