Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'amount'

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Use in varieties of Scots

amount	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	14.2	47	33
ORK - Orkney	29.8	3	2
SHD - Shetland	11.6	2	2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	13.1	4	3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern	325.5	2	1
ABN - Aberdeen	10.5	1	1
DOR - General Northern	8.9	2	2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	12.9	5	4
WCE - West Central	22.2	5	2
DUN - Dundee	53.1	5	1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow	30.1	6	4
AYR - Ayrshire	10.7	1	1
LAL - General Central	7.9	6	6
SEA - South East (Borders)	12.1	1	1
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)	32.8	1	1
GUL - General Ulster	28.4	1	1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of amount 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. 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
1 matches

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
1 matches

@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

Mid Northern A

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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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
ae pit-on wi her. She hid ony amount o friens. Fower o them wad su
1 matches

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
1 matches

South Northern

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
1 matches

Aberdeen

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 29

1 matches

General Northern

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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@Manuforti1968 tweeted
ligeey @steads57 There's some amount o shite oot there, is there?(2020)

(South) East Central

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
2 matches

MacDonald, Bo CAULD NIGHT, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
ooden kip causing an abnormal amount o' noise. Ilk creak 'n' crack
1 matches

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

West Central

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

4 matches

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

1 matches

Dundee

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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Glasgow

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

1 matches

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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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
1 matches

Ayrshire

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
les yaised tae denote a totie amount o money like the bawbee - he on page 23

1 matches

General Central

Scottish Parliament Scots Leids Bill – Stage 1 Report, (The Scottish Parliament 2024) Central, government
ichtly separate thing tae the amount o money applied, year on year on page 59

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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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Fitt, Matthew Fae Mooth tae Page, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central, blog
at her that she’ll ‘never amount to anything in life’. A lad
1 matches

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
1 matches

@jax6754 tweeted
8 to 10 weeks! Is this richt amount? xxx(2014)

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

South East (Borders)

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

South West (Galloway)

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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East Antrim (Larne)

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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General Ulster

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