A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

amount Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words15.4 16.6 13.4 29.8 11.6 10.3 8.9
Number of occurrences5033 9 3 2 1 2
Number of authors31 17 7 2 2 1 2

Occurrences of amount in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
hid awfy long claws an a fair amount ae teeth, so she thought it m on page 62

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
yes. She's git on the perfect amount ae make-up. Most lassies cake on page 26

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Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
ler face aff amidst a painful amount ay respect fae young fiddlers on page 3

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
Ah've hud tae take a worryin amount ae paracetamol these past cou on page 175

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Niven, Liz Lallans 59 - Painting the Forth Bridge: A Search for Scottish Identity, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
at here, as thir is an amazin amount o information atween the batt on page 84

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
o a fair amount o wild behaviour, fechtin wis on page 30
Sae eftir a fair amount o encouragement (an twa three on page 38
re kind o expensive. Gien the amount o crime aboot the place there on page 104
best o grub an spendin a fair amount o siller in the taverns, he w on page 110
Wi sovereigns tae the amount o nine, on page 112

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
yi the exact calories an the amount ae fat that's in them: Wotsit on page 147
ae whit ah've heard aboot the amount a folk that've awready threat on page 169

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
But if we draw the same amount frae oor wee pile, on page 106

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ssies' hauns turn reid wi the amount o pressure he's puttin oan th on page xv
re a stupid girl who'll never amount to anything! Miss Bert growle on page 37
ables. Fur all people try, no amount o flowers, cards and chocolat on page 86
rls huv got Sandra intae some amount o trouble wi the polis.' on page 117
'Honestly, Marie's got some amount o sins tae answer fur. Ah wan on page 119

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Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
er, and doles oot coin to the amount statit, less the pund notes h on page 72

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Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
y. We cuidna pruive it an nae amount o nyow
Whit-lik buddie desydes the amount o warrand i sicna kess?” ax
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Fitt, Matthew Fae Mooth tae Page, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central, blog
at her that she’ll ‘never amount to anything in life’. A lad
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Bennett, Peter The Bools, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ot ma pocket an pinch a small amount between ma thumb an forefinge
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Bennett, Peter TA Hauf an a Hauf, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
whit seems like an inordinate amount ay time he eventually gets he
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Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
world three times oer wae the amount ay veins oan display under th
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MacDonald, Bo CAULD NIGHT, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
ooden kip causing an abnormal amount o' noise. Ilk creak 'n' crack
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Wilson, Rab A centre of undeemous excellence fir Scots leid, (The National 2017) Central, newspaper
ounert at the huge an diverse amount o material it kythes. It’s
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Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
t, tae ma ain dismay the full amount hus been peyed. Therefore, na
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@jax6754 tweeted
8 to 10 weeks! Is this richt amount? xxx(2014) search twitter

@DABArbuckle tweeted
how a spreadsheet costs that amount! Price o beef ye say? Tak a l(2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
v tae b fecking jokin on that amount - its fitbaw that should b a (2020) twitter link

Doric

Maitland, Andrew Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Auld Mannie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
s weather - he'd pyed a guid amount o siller for his new haircut, on page 72

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Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
thi hinner end weis thi exact amount tae soart thi spray throo a r on page 18

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Morrison Murray, Harold Doric, Historic and Humorous, (Peters and Sons 2024) Doric, poetry
risin' tae 70,000 file a like amount are livin on benifits. on page 14

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Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Montrose, prose
he made £2, 466, 666, a huge amount in yon days. He wis up til aa on page 125

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Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric, prose
he made £2, 466, 666, a huge amount in yon days. He wis up til aa
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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
ae pit-on wi her. She hid ony amount o friens. Fower o them wad su
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Hutchison, Pat Bulletbroo, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
y startit shootin ana. Wi the amount o lead fleein at him it wiz o
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Hutchison, Pat The Tabby Sooker, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ontents. Ye’ve nae idea the amount o tabbies I got that wye. But
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@Manuforti1968 tweeted
ligeey @steads57 There's some amount o shite oot there, is there?(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
wae gey near twice the right amount o neck, which wis gey handy f
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Hall, Simon W. Crackan the troughs, (Brisk Northerly 2021) Orkney, blog
he sheep. Sheep can stand any amount o cowld, as long as they are
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@peediepuss tweeted
ybe related to the impossible amount of electricity being released (2020) twitter link

Shetland

Facebook link (Wir Midder Tongue 2016) Shetland
- she would share the small amount available, I wonder what the

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
Da amount o cars ats been troo Roe dis (2020) twitter link

Southern

@jamie_ginger tweeted
he parcel delivery driver the amount of time hei is here..#100parc(2020) search twitter

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
mine. But it was real, an nae amount o sairchin throu medical jour on page 50

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@the_gellick tweeted
s Bilfawst wi nae date. Quare amount o folk readin Ulster Scots in (2014) twitter link

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