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Use in varieties of Scots

ahm Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words65.9 64.3 30.1 159 17.4 465.1 8.9
Number of occurrences211125 20 16 3 45 2
Number of authors26 16 5 2 1 1 1

Occurrences of ahm in Corpus

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Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
Ahm feelin awrite cos in a matter on page 1
l seat but ah cannae sit doon ahm too fuckin ragin. on page 3
ack doon tae the live lounge. Ahm hopin tae see mah main man, b on page 4
'Ahm no movin fur nae cunt,' the l on page 5
e lassie that stole mah seat. Ahm up oan mah feet tae see wit h on page 7
Also on pages 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, 22, 23, 24, 29, 31, 59, 61, 103, 104
54 matches

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
"Heron, Ah must say ahm awfie gratefu on page 31

1 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
k the whales. Bit nae Ketil. 'Ahm nae ettlin tae meisur ma auld on page 14

3 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
guilt every wakin moment that ahm no daein coursework. Aw the c on page 1

18 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
other hoarse oan the line. As ahm jumpin aboot the shoap flair on page 36

1 matches

Ross, Derek Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
Couldnae cut deeper. Ahm no haein it! on page 201

1 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
whelks. Mussels are two pound ahm afraid.' on page 1
ed. He hawns me the bag back. Ahm curious as tae wit these hing on page 2
ough mah soak an ah feel like ahm gonnae be sick again man, Ah on page 3
cunt that sold me thum again ahm gonnae kick his heid in fur m on page 4
Ahm at mah da's funeral, right, a on page 75
Also on pages 76, 171, 172, 173, 175, 176
28 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
Dinna get me wrang. Ahm on page 57

2 matches

Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
two. Evan Evans wiz his name, ahm no pulling yer leg. His maw w
1 matches

Fenton, Janet A Guid New Year tae yin and a!, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central, blog
he feeling that fowk'll think ahm kiddin them oan if I pit a we
s word in ahint ma haund when ahm talkin.
2 matches

Muir, Glenn Ozsome, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
baith hame tae Scotland. Aye, ahm frae there tae.”
1 matches

Philips, Cally Gonnae No Dae That, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Turriff, prose
ame? They may hae a dream bit ahm feart that it will turn intae
1 matches

Crawford, Ross Mindin, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
hat in afore emdy asks, as if ahm sparing them the bother. Ah h
ring them the bother. Ah hink ahm actually feart she’ll becom
2 matches

Geddes, Jenny Fling the creepie in January, (McRenegade.Scots 2018) Central, blog
community values. Mebbe’s ahm wrang – ahm sure there’s
wrang – ahm sure there’s plenty o’ fo
2 matches

@g_hibby tweeted
traoctober @weenell3 Ah think ahm meant tae be inside the rocke (2022) twitter link

@jax6754 tweeted
wesome and delish. Now........ahm........hows yir AGiftADay goi(2015) search twitter

@Angela1Sinclair tweeted
@raiphsays Moan en. Ahm seek waitin. Wurkirs o’ the (2020) search twitter
@raiphsays We kid ask, bit ahm no huddin oot much hope(2020) search twitter
ins Ah wiz feart tae look bit ahm aw happy(2020) search twitter
ye like Boab jist is long as ahm Maggie and no Daphne ??(2020) search twitter

@DABArbuckle tweeted
rtMiggins Absolutely spot on. Ahm surprised and amazed naebody (2020) search twitter
y @Conservatives Jings Rhoda, ahm puffed oot readin that ??(2020) search twitter

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ir yer fly, Ah'll mak sure at Ahm oot." on page 32

1 matches

Clark, F. E. Eemis Stane 1 - Vratched, (Eemis Stane 2022) Doric, prose
e tide o glamour yoams oot an ahm trippet doon yon blaik bore, on page 23

4 matches

Lawrie, Alistair Caw, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2020) Doric - Stonehaven, prose
t wid ye believe it but? Here ahm sittin on this here wa wi ma
ist they planned it this way. Ahm that caught up in admirin how
2 matches

Harper, Edith Soon Awa, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2021) Doric, poetry
But Ahm wearied wi the muckle weight
1 matches

@McGoo1888 tweeted
264 @GrahamSpiers @TimesSport Ahm talking aboot the last 2 year (2021) twitter link
ign me up when they found out ahm ex military..chased them..so (2021) twitter link
arryplough67 @BurgundyNinja85 Ahm sorry pal...but yer tweet has (2022) twitter link
assport if yer wondering what ahm oan aboot.....) (2022) twitter link
eyeTweetsk Here...calm doon...ahm no interested in that pish... (2022) twitter link
and 6 other occurrences.

Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gallows Ha - Dance tae the End, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Ahm conjured a storm o proportion on page 27

1 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Bit I ken ahm cheust playan a game. on page 18

1 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Ahm no happy fur thir's faer too on page 63
Ahm needan a saet, bern. on page 70
Ahm in no hurry,' pluckan gress i on page 72
Ahm lost a bloomeen sock agen on page 105
Ahm the wan fur the piece the day on page 142
Also on pages 152, 153
14 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
"Ahm no sure I lack da way dis con on page 40
, an bidin wi Peter an Jenny. Ahm blyde I dunna hae room in my on page 47
"Ahm pitten you in da room wi da v on page 48

3 matches

Southern

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
s. a dae mine and a felt that ahm nae English due to ma parents(2020) search twitter
vellin up and doon Isles. Noo ahm back hyme! Never gang doon th(2020) search twitter
nces. It isnae easy at first. ahm sure that ye can amend yer ab(2020) search twitter
de but... thirty years later, ahm worn oot. a just stopped and (2020) search twitter
ven intae manhood. As ye see, ahm only deaf within until ma dau(2020) search twitter
and 36 other occurrences.

Ulster

Swannock Fulton, Rab ahm grinnin lik an eejit , (Association for Scottish Literary Studies 2005 ISBN: 978-0948877698) Ulster - Galway, poetry
ahm grinnin lik an eejit on page 38

2 matches

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