A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'aÂ’m'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
aÂ’mOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.3279
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.6 3 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 27.9 21 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 aÂ’m in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

@DoricPhrases tweeted
un is oot, it is setterday an aÂ’m aff fur a day trip tae Windso(2018)

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
like a cup o tea? ‘No, hen, A’m jist efter ain’. (2020) twitter link

General Northern

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
@DragoonGuard @jimmychoo Foo? AÂ’m bleezinÂ’ anÂ’ atÂ’s afore ma(2018)

(South) East Central

@ricky_ballboy tweeted
be – but as a former lawyer, A’m gey aware o the power o a lei (2020) twitter link
Tae be clear, whit AÂ’m saein is, abodieÂ’s onlie exc(2019)
– an as a Gàidhlig lairner, A’m gey happy tae be in an issue (2020)

General Central

@Cobradile94 tweeted
AÂ’m gaunÂ’ae tak a week aff o maÂ(2018)
AÂ’m wantin this! https://t.co/kzs(2019)

@iainnicol tweeted
AÂ’m nae wantin tae pit a hierarch(2020)
Ach weel. Guess AÂ’m no gaein tae hear as muckle e(2020)

@IshbelMcF tweeted
d mair confidence in speakin. AÂ’m gey gled thae hings is noo li(2018)
Nae dexterity wi her thumbs. AÂ’m aff topic. COME TAE MA TALK. (2019)
nic wis an whit it meant. Noo AÂ’m nominatit fir Scots Speaker o(2019)
@DrMDempster @d_anderson878 AÂ’m bein negative, mind. Jist, ha(2018)
ken itÂ’s probably juist that AÂ’m an auld tweedie noo an hink y(2020)
and 3 other occurrences.

@MartinBroon tweeted
??AÂ’m shocked!ANYONE who carries th(2020)
ll know whits happen the day. AÂ’m at wan end of the toon and @s(2019)
yce @Ianiesta8 @ClydeFC Wull, A’m pretty sure, “He who knows w(2019)
Right, AÂ’m away tae wurk! ??. Still, huv(2020)
lywee @cmuir1611 ??THATS whit AÂ’m gettin anaw!(2020)
and 1 other occurrences.

@GMacminto tweeted
emisStane Guid forder tae ye. AÂ’m howpin yeÂ’ll come guid speed (2022) twitter link
@ScotsDictionars Braw wark. AÂ’m howpin weÂ’ll can see the hin (2022) twitter link