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The word 'amazin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
amazinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus196229
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 26.2 8 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 22.8 9 7
WCE - West Central 41.4 9 3
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 36.4 8 3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 26.5 20 8
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of amazin in Corpus

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Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
am so blyde I got to see dis amazin exhibition, Microsculpture, d(2019)

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
n their details. "It aa souns amazin." on page 7
e; her mascarg hid run an her amazin bosom wis as flat as a bannoc on page 62
ise Ah'd hid it so lang. It's amazin foo ye can tak a len o a thin on page 82
"Aat's amazin te hear ye spikkin like aat," on page 88

4 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Ay, amazin!" repeatit Muggie, liftin er on page 33

1 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
@scotsfilmguy This is amazin! ??(2019)
@NatalieAHood Amazin' Quine!(2020)

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
er - mair bi luck nor skill. Amazin foo the deer jist coorie inti (2021) twitter link

Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia The birds an the bees, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
including mony different (an amazin) kinds o birds an bees, richt
1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
n said. "The only tune wid be Amazin
1 matches

@Franwella tweeted
hame toon, aka th Kingdom, is amazin’. We’ve aye been a supporti(2020)
Ain't it amazin how much better ye feel jist (2012)

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 68 - The Fower Jyners o the Apocalypse, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
ae luck aboot it, son - it's amazin whit's in the Provost's Engag on page 26

1 matches

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
p itsell clean, aye it's fair amazin' the kind o' dirt bairns can on page 3

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
And that's when the maist amazin hing on page 199

1 matches

McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
, we memorably celebratit the amazin legacy o Scottish cultural ic
1 matches

Lamb, Darcie T in the Park, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Kirkcaldy, prose
016. A had a baw. It wiz pure amazin.
1 matches

Crawford, Ross At Stake, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
lutely boggin but also kindae amazin at the same time cause ah’v
1 matches

Crawford, Ross At Stake, (productmagazine.co.uk 2022) Central - Stirling, prose
absolutely boggin but kindae amazin at the same time cause ah’v
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
lol - a sprinklin oh snaw - amazin scenes ! (2020) twitter link
int it amazin what u can watch thru a fence (2020) twitter link

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
worlds and introduced her tae amazin folk wha lived feerichin live on page 15
voice. Matilda said, "Thon's amazin! Whit else can it say?' on page 37
'd never realise jist whit an amazin thing hud happened that efter on page 164
'It made me feel amazin,' Matilda said. 'For a minute on page 175
Miss Honey said, smilin. 'How amazin is that. Whaur did ye read th on page 224

5 matches

Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
Man, advertisin, is yon no amazin? on page 141

2 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
you so much, ah said, This is amazin. Ma ma said, It wis yer siste on page 42
lin Linsey an Heather. That's amazin, said Linsey, D'yi think yi'd on page 169

2 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
wee Davie's skinny boadie was amazin. He wis bowlit straicht aff h on page 38

1 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
le.' But it's no. It's fuckin amazin. It's heaven oan Earth fur a on page 1

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250242) Central, prose
runs doon ma spine. It sounds amazin - writin and readin a buik c on page 7

4 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
acing, man. This is gonnae be amazin. on page 76

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
'Aye, hen, isn't it amazin?'
'Amazin! It's flamin incredible.'
2 matches

General Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
amazin - ah'm awready ettling tae s on page 62

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
an ever afore! Och, it wid be amazin tae find wan!' on page 24

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
It sounds amazin - personal writin and readin on page 6
. Ah could o gret. But sommat amazin happened last weekend. on page 27
Then the maist amazin fing happens. An auld newspap on page 30

4 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
uds aff a wee shrub and taste amazin; and tomataes, which are actu on page 42
rphans swung their axes at an amazin speed, and afore lang they we on page 61

2 matches

McDermid, Val The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - The Gowd Breeks, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
eated claes like this fur me. Amazin! Braw! Bonnie! Stoatin! Wurds on page 64

1 matches

Facebook link (Changed Times Historical Novel By Ethyl Smith 2022) Central
d time tae live thru but fu o amazin stories. That’s why ah’m

Facebook link ( 2016) Central
... A lot tae read aboot the amazin Richard

@IshbelMcF tweeted
Freida Morrison, mind. She’s amazin. https://t.co/vD6L3aIVmh(2019)
@iainnicol Amazin foresicht(2020)

@Chazzbat tweeted
is fascinatin tae watch. It's amazin whit they cin dae fer folk no(2020)
re Hulu picked it up. It's an amazin series. Pity it wis cancelled(2020)
ob wi the venues. It aa luiks amazin.(2020)
ces in "Split" an "Glass" wur amazin. Hegwig wis ma particular fav(2020)
dress wi the magenta buits is amazin. Aa three ootfits ur stunnin,(2020)
and 2 other occurrences.

South West (Galloway)

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

1 matches

General Ulster

Stewart, Kenny The Wee Broon Hen, (no publisher recorded 2022) Ulster, poetry
colours on that wee fowl were amazin I was really taken aback
1 matches

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