A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'aimed'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
aimedOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.11717
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 9.8 4 4
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 2
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 5.1 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 21.4 2 2
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 5
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of aimed in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Orkney

Hall, Simon W. Lands o Twatt, (Brisk Northerly 2018) Orkney, blog
he arrow o the Twatt roadsign aimed at their grinning, empty heid
1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ed wae pin-point death stares aimed firmly in ma direction. The e on page 31

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Ah aimed the spray, an wi ae shot
1 matches

Forrest, Liam Hittin the Toon, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
unt fae the bouncer which wiz aimed tae wan eh his pals: "Got any
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 115, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
city tae the tailor squadron, aimed a clout at the captain's neb,
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
Is that meant tae be aimed at us, ah said. Jist ignore t on page 69

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Wid no be aimed at lemonade, Nor Alcopops! on page 29

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
lem makkin jt gang whaur it's aimed at - a wee impediment fer a on page 121

1 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Mikey nobody remembers the birdman - It's Ladle, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
w his condescendin wee smirks aimed firmly in ma direction, tae. on page 35

1 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
e abstract sense ay Injustice aimed at anyone wi money, vocal mus on page 3

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
mare whase rider had a pistol aimed at the heid o Dauvit Hackston on page 37

1 matches

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
son fae Dundee, but they were aimed at 2 pan-British audience, sa on page 23

1 matches

General Central

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
yon scaur a leamin flane aimed at ma hert, on page 82

1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
her goat’s cheese piece. He aimed at her a mega-muckle luve arr
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2017) Central
This re-enactment wis aimed at weans tae help them unners

@billykayscot tweeted
to some extent, but the bile aimed at the FM is outrageous. Ever(2020)

@LairnScots tweeted
Anither yin aimed at young yins - the Scots in (2020) twitter link

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