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The word 'myself'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
myselfOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus14.74727
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 46.5 8 6
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 35.6 3 2
DOR - General Northern 17.7 4 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 33.2 13 4
WCE - West Central 18.4 4 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 18.8 3 1
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.7 5 5
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 41.7 3 1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) 163.5 1 1
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 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of myself in Corpus

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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
"Oh, it's no aa fur myself" shü explained, "I buy a lok on page 42

1 matches

Williamson, Christie Shaetlan an compoonds a da richt, (damagnifyingless.wordpress.com 2014) Shetland, blog
d nivvir med doon sic a gaet myself I’d be tellin nae mair trut
1 matches

Walterson, Barbara Da Trow o’ Fogla Skerry, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
s pair o’ feet. An, I fan myself starin back.
Remindin myself aboot it gave me a caald chil
2 matches

Watt, Valerie A skoit trowe da shops, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
braa bit o room. So I haaled myself up tae see da lowest row o bi
le mirror when I got a grip o myself. Whit if onybody saa me? I bu
2 matches

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
imes find a rock and convince myself that it's been shaped by some(2020)

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
n to try and get more time to myself and to not have my day starte (2018) twitter link

Aberdeen

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 63 - Shelts, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Doric, prose
ffe. “Allow me to introduce myself. Miss Helen Troy. And this wi
1 matches

Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
urry, I slowly manage to pick myself up and heid back oot, up towa
else to add. I ging and busy myself in the kitchen: I rinse cups,
2 matches

General Northern

@_DawnLeslie tweeted
ally nae an issue. I describe myself as an ‘Inverurie quine’ in (2020)
used with the ‘erse’ add-on myself, but apparently that’s what (2020)

@fittiecrooners tweeted
garbage bin the day! Promised myself I wid keep aff the drink this(2016)
arage first time I thought to myself " hang on a minute!!"(2018)

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
'Aiblins thon beast wis like myself, And we are makars baith on page 5

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS nummer 109, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
A Stranger Here Myself - Ian Pattison
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 111, (self-published 2003) Central, newspaper
ther to see yt, wch I wyll do myself wthin these three or four day
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 149, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
t Lamp(a sequel) an On seeing myself in a Morning Mirror, the hinn
1 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
es, and I’m getting that way myself ??. Still average about 40hrs(2020)
the labour voters like I was myself over. These bigoted Tories ar(2020)
tisanal period. I cannae help myself ???????(2020)
es are guys in there 50s like myself in my opinion ?????.(2020)

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ikesure @adrianflux am beside myself with this breaking news ffs l (2020) twitter link
s with it - and as a big fan myself of the grassroots game - its (2020) twitter link
s up on tv - i just think to myself - she is under qualified and (2021) twitter link
ort of them as a was homeless myself (2021) twitter link
as blown away - proud to say myself and family voted yes then wit (2020) twitter link

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
in very brave an pleased with myself now havin just killed a dinos on page 123

1 matches

Bates, Gregor The Death Dance, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - East Dunbartonshire, weans
, I found a toilet and locked myself in, pechin and wheezing. “T
ageways and corridors, inched myself through this castle, slowly a
” had taken place and found myself face tae face wi the musician
3 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
s Beatrice, but I’ll remain myself.”
the hospital and see Beatrice myself - no, no,” she sayed kindl
home, and I'd like to see for myself how she’s progressing.” S
3 matches

Glasgow

Cunningham, Lucy nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Swedish Fish, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, prose
hat good. A wis fair proud of myself and you'll be proud of me tae on page 42

1 matches

General Central

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 67 - William Motherwell (1797 - 1836), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
'In fact, I think I did wrong myself in endeavouring to make the b on page 69

1 matches

Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
I can feel myself scream the words, but it soun
1 matches

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
Ye cannae go telling me to be myself without dain it too ?(2020)

@MartinBroon tweeted
verstayed a day,A couldny get Myself vertical oan time tae get tae(2019)

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
er I do like a wee comic sans myself, but nae multi coloured!!(2020)

South East (Borders)

@jamie_ginger tweeted
r telling is to bloody behave myself in edinbugh tomorrow. Eye nay(2018)

South West (Galloway)

@StuartPoet tweeted
d hope ye enjoy the read from myself and @TippermuirBooks and hims(2020)
use in that way, have used it myself. A stravaig tae fun the Dilea(2020)
@ChanterRanter must get that myself(2020)

West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)

@fairfaaye tweeted
means "I just don't feel like myself, I need to clear my head". 'S(2020)

General Ulster

@OrangRuth tweeted
@SpindependentIE reader, like myself, to understand.(2017)