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Use in varieties of Scots

almaist Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.8 5.9 0 0 0 0 19.4
Number of occurrences1612 0 0 0 0 4
Number of authors9 6 3

Occurrences of almaist in Corpus

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Central

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
Bi her way o it she was almaist faimly, on page 49

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Hershaw, William Eemis Stane 1 - The Laverock’s Nest, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
again ane o them wad blaw up, almaist as if the conter thing had be on page 18

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Smith, Jamie Soonds o the kirk an court: early airt muisic in Scotland, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
t of musik and singing … is almaist decayit and sall schortly dec
t of musik and singing … is almaist decayit and sall schortly dec
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Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
ht. She’d mix it up though, almaist as if she wis tryin tae keep
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Crawford, Ross At Stake, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
Declan’s injury wis almaist as gory as that Arnie filum,
‘Aw no,’ he said, almaist a whisper. He wrenched his ha
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grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
as he runs his hands ower ma, almaist reaching doon tae ma erse, bu
Ah’m almaist tempted to let him finish him
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Crawford, Ross At Stake, (productmagazine.co.uk 2022) Central - Stirling, prose
it noo. Declan’s injury wis almaist as gory as that Arnie filum,
‘Aw no,’ he says, almaist a whisper. He pulls his haun
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@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
Logan but the ideas a bittie almaist nae quite ...(2020) search twitter

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
fur almaist five months. It was a relief on page 55

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Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
bottle markt "poison", it is almaist certain tae disagree wi yae, on page 13
y gien the impression o baein almaist oot o sicht, they wur gittin on page 16

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Millar, Alan Yarns 3 - Sammy Thomson's, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - East Donegal, prose
fruit, sae plump he lukt almaist fit tae bust his fiery rid jo
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