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Use in varieties of Scots

loft Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.1 5.1 4.5 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences1310 3 0 0 0 0
Number of authors9 7 2

Occurrences of loft in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
'Musty ... that's how the loft smells. You think you'll get on page 36

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
, fae burn an dub tae lawn an loft, through saumples, treatment, on page 77

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
'Yon's the loft aboon ye, Grannie!' Geordie c on page 47
e room ablow, her heid in the loft. on page 48
ttie-bogle's got stuck in the loft, Geordie thocht. Thank guidne on page 50

3 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
she'd promis tae hide in the loft till the weddin wis ower. The on page 86
"Please let Cinders oot the loft," pleaded the Angel. on page 87

2 matches

Forde, Iain W D Traivells wi a Cuddie i the Cevennes (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-5-1) Central, prose
nt. Wi sicna enorm fraucht on loft, aw set heich abune the cuddi on page 6

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Tale o Three Dugs, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
t - bidin up in a clatty wee loft. His freens must aw hae lost on page 38

1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Kintrae livin, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
the fields, playin in the hey loft or traipsin efter the hen wif
1 matches

Doric

@FaeFoggie tweeted
Kint I hid at version up in i loft, its teen mi 7 hoors ti find (2019) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
Go tae clean oot the loft the day according tae the wif(2016) search twitter