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Use in varieties of Scots

aamaist Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words17.1 22.5 13.5 0 0 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences5544 9 0 0 1 1
Number of authors10 6 2 1 1

Occurrences of aamaist in Corpus

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Central

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
And aamaist at aince the wun arrives. on page 171

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
s nou three hunnert years are aamaist gaen, on page 42
Jokin, lauchin, seemin aamaist hairmless. on page 49
Bi then it wis aamaist arbitrary. on page 79
Tae the warld, aamaist eichty year ago, on page 87

4 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
prolific life (he wis writin aamaist til his deein day), Law contr on page 133

2 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 76 - The Sycamore at Calton, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, poetry
O aamaist hauf a century, bearin doun,
1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
the white cot hooses, lowpin aamaist in terrification ower dug lea
ely, missus?” said the mon, aamaist in her
2 matches

Smith, Jamie Soonds o the kirk an court: early airt muisic in Scotland, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
haundfu o instrumental warks. Aamaist the hale o the byordinar muis
1 matches

Heather, Alistair The porage revolution: Hou porage cam tae mak Scotland habitable, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
scape but aye fund itsel deid aamaist afore it wis alive, like a bo
1 matches

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
dent on Boxer; the twa o them aamaist aye spent their Sundays thegi
o wir labour wad be wir ain. Aamaist owernicht oo could become wal
t up a feuch amang the bease. Aamaist afore Major haed gotten tae t
red yett ahint them. And sae, aamaist afore they kent what wis happ
o life in the auld days haed aamaist devauled. Naebody skived —
7 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
lair, an scrauchlet intae it. Aamaist on the instant they heard vyc
tae an aamaist tuithless auld wumman. She wi
uddenly realised, wi a feelin aamaist lik vertigo, whatna faur awa
ed fae the wrack an - it wis aamaist unheard o - been allooed in,
n they werena awaur. It seemt aamaist as if the lang axis wis acros
23 matches

Ewen, Allan The Blin Man an the Man Wha Couldna See, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
ulture, forestry – he could aamaist snoke the pinewood – the rh
1 matches

Wilson, Rab A centre of undeemous excellence fir Scots leid, (The National 2017) Central, newspaper
u in the 21st century, an the aamaist racist attitude tae thaim wha
1 matches

Doric

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
her heid farrer doun, "an I'm aamaist seer they canna see me. I fee on page 16
ain, in a wee blate-kyn vyce, aamaist jist a fusper, "An can aa the on page 25
seem't a wee thing fashious ("aamaist as gin it war happenin willin on page 73
or the poetry," she eikit on, aamaist out loud, forgettin at Humphy on page 77
ke yours ye mith be ony shap, aamaist." on page 78
Also on pages 87
7 matches

Uri, Antonia Naewey tae bide, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
pplications made in Scotland. Aamaist the same amoont o fowk fa mak
1 matches

Uri, Antonia Widney’s Fuil, (Mak Forrit 2017) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
hin fower mile o Langside for aamaist the hale twinty-ane year ah
1 matches

Southern

Purves, David Lallans 67 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Southern - Selkirk, newspaper
erhaun in post-Weir practice, aamaist fleimit frae onie issue o Lal on page 5

1 matches

Ulster

@the_gellick tweeted
a! Wunnerfu theory: hooinever aamaist certainly wrang - see "Ulste (2014) twitter link