A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

loun Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words20.7 22.9 25.6 0 0 32.8 8.8
Number of occurrences6443 16 0 0 3 2
Number of authors24 14 7 2 2

Occurrences of loun in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
A loun an quine wha tortur a fly on page 28

1 matches

Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
s claes wis mankit. Ony ither loun, even the maist ragabash, wad on page 134
"I mind it, loun, I mind gey weel ye wis," the on page 137
"It's for me tae decide, loun, gin I haud patient or no. I on page 138
"Weel, ma loun, interest o ten copecks tae t on page 139

8 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
uin cleik thon pickie-fingirt loun an dress his droddum, sae A w on page 48

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
There came a birkie tinker loun Alang the coast o Fife: on page 11

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 81 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Prestwick, newspaper
lad o pairts an a braw Buchan loun. Forby, the'r a few pynts ti on page 5

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Diary o a Wimpy Wean, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785302145) Central, weans
I must hae felt sorry for the loun, because I decidit tae tak hi on page 19

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
nie yowled. 'Ye skitterie wee loun! Ye mingin wee nyaff! Bring m on page 69

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 58 - The Dumb Jyner, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
keekin oot his offish, an his loun, Young Wullie Syme, wad pap i on page 65

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Some stag ti kill, ech, ma loun? on page 32
wi ma loun - wha'll trump us aa in time on page 33
wi oor loun - far frae oor enemies - ye on page 35

5 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - Five sonnets o Cecco Angiolieri (1250-1319), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
War I anither loun - Mair chance ye'd hae, lad. on page 45

2 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - Andra’s Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
Gart summon cheil an loun. on page 50

2 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 67 - In Search o Robert Henrysoun, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
less hen, like a love-stouned loun, on page 123

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 67 - Leddy Stair’s Closse, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
She'd heard tell o a spae-man loun, on page 141

1 matches

Scott, Hamish Eemis Stane 1 - Fields o Stanes, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
ddin thon fields o stane as a loun for thaim signifeein his en p on page 21

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
eboy uniform, juist afore the loun muivit up intil the BB Compan on page 123

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy No on BBC, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
, oot comes her man, a muckle loun that haes ti stap hissel inta
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
.” The messenger wes a ferm loun at shawed frae the pawkie lui
is wes a gryte tirrivie i the loun warl o Gaitsgill o a Seturday
e cuid sei bedene whitwey the loun fand it strynge at sicna bros
t moggans fur the collman’s loun
na a sojer avaw. He wes a wie loun wi ane enorm pinch barr ower
9 matches

Clark, Thomas Scots an the smit: a language unner lockdoun, (Bella Caledonia 2020) Central - Bellshill, blog
kicks in ither weys. A single loun ploddin throu the rain wi a K
Man, ah wis obsessed wi thon loun, for a while. Ah'd watch onyt
2 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 59 - A Stot an a Cleg, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central, prose
nocht but cod tae thon smert loun.
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
en field amputations. For the loun’s sake there, Ah’m gaun t
foo tae get the peels tae the loun wi’oot gettin his dander up
2 matches

Doric

Manson, John Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Doric - Dumfries, poetry
Made bi a loun on page 115

1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 79 - The Bonnie Lintie, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
ing o that kyn, jist es young loun (Weel, A'm caain him a loun; on page 24

2 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
"The Yammerjock, ying loun, o heed! on page 21
at Deedledum an sayin "First loun!" on page 49
But syne there cam an eeran-loun: on page 87

5 matches

Murdoch, Steve Lallans 63 - Poacher, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
nor thirty yairds awa an the loun thocht he could hear him mutt
1 matches

Uri, Antonia Widney’s Fuil, (Mak Forrit 2017) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
, tae whilk the Doric spikkin loun shairply replied, wi his best
ur he wis, fan a weel-tae-dae loun askit him, “Hullo Jamie, wh
doing in hell?”. The witty loun kent fit he wis daein fan he
3 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Spikk o the Nor East Leid, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Doric, poetry
fermer, fisher, baillie, orra loun, an traivellin cyaard
1 matches

TheChielMeister Ah'm e chiel (sae dinna fash), (youtube.com 2011) Doric, poetry
Ah'm e Chiel, ah'm e loun, ah'm nae a guffie cloon sae
Ah'm e Chiel, ah'm e loun, ah'm nae a guffie cloon sae
Ah'm e Chiel, ah'm e loun, ah'm nae a guffie cloon sae
3 matches

Southern

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
Frae a loun Ah never mukkil lykit the tou
Ah wes a bit loun whan Ah left hame.
2 matches

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
hoose, whan A wur ae teenage loun.
1 matches

Ulster

Ultach Midgates, (Reddit 2020) Ulster, poetry
Whilk raa sud sicna loun tak nou?
1 matches

Bennett, Hazel Tha Near Cut, (Ullans Magazine 2001) Ulster, prose
ur. Ye cud fin yersel in wi a loun at wis an acteeve terrorist f
1 matches

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