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Use in varieties of Scots

midst Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10.5 13.6 4.5 0 5.8 10.3 8.9
Number of occurrences3427 3 0 1 1 2
Number of authors21 15 2 1 1 2

Occurrences of midst in Corpus

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Central

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
In the midst o this commotion on page 18

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
whit life's like, here in the midst o daith on page 41

1 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
cht wi a michtie raven in the midst, the bainner blawit in the wu on page 14

2 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
Aonghas has been in the midst ay a story aboot eez antics a on page 3

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
other, likes. Wur each in the midst ae an overdose ae disbelief. on page 79

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
A haund shot up in the midst o the seated weans. on page 112

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Cormilligan, midst his bower o hills. on page 15
Valiant Cormilligan midst his hills, on page 19
Cormilligan, midst his bower o hills, on page 22

4 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 56 - Greenfield the Name O The Pit, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, poetry
i the midst o lifelessness peys nae heed on page 107

1 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 76 - The Gied Ower Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, poetry
he wis – midst trig hereaifter proamises
1 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
Cormilligan, midst his bower o hills.
Cormilligan, midst his bower o hills,
Valiant Cormilligan midst his hills,
Cormilligan, midst his bower o hills,
4 matches

Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
plets. Ah staund right in the midst of the thunderin, crashin wav
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
cDade waves oer at us fae the midst ay the drunken troupe.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
Some ay us ur awready in the midst ay it. Let the market decide.
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
again, hale an hearty, in the midst o this carnage. She had the a
its fuitin, an she wis in the midst o thrashin wings an a snakin
2 matches

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
s a richt barren place in the midst o the Firth o Forth. Only way

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
that the toon must be in the midst ae some happy pill pandemic.
1 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
h no sleep and anxiety in the midst of a global pandemic, but isn(2020) search twitter

@Chazzbat tweeted
st be terrifyin tae be in the midst o. ???? https://t.co/odD8B8m2(2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
- we have a comedian in our midst! (2021) twitter link

Doric

Maitland, Andrew Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Auld Mannie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
ized up the new loon in their midst. Een of the boys, a scrawny c on page 74

1 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
first. Bit he waalked throw e midst o e crood an held on his road on page 86
w e sclates, cooch an aa in e midst o them aa, afore Jesus. Fan J on page 87

2 matches

Shetland

@shaetlan_rose tweeted
m no watched it yet, am in de midst o viva prep dis week! ?? Look(2019) search twitter

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
In the midst o' yer despair on page 40

1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
cud. She had said sae in the midst o screams as hinnie-wairm blu on page 51

1 matches

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Increase mae lut midst common man on page 47

1 matches

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