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Use in varieties of Scots

loves Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words19.7 14.9 31.7 59.6 11.6 10.3 17.7
Number of occurrences6329 21 6 2 1 4
Number of authors35 17 11 3 2 1 1

Occurrences of loves in Corpus

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Central

Haddow, Kris nobody remembers the birdman - The Incomer, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
odded and he asked did ye spy loves young dream, then wae a wink on page 80

1 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
ns. Apart fae huvin a da that loves me. There ah go again, maskin on page 1

1 matches

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
Please ken ma heart still loves ye, though it may huv beat it on page 89

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
t's awrite fur you, he fuckin loves yae. Me? He huds me personall on page 34
doon tae rub his neck cos he loves when ah dae that fur some rea on page 162

2 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
shi loves me, we nae disgrace. on page 84

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
t's darin well, an her sister loves it there noo that she's made on page 163
wee Morgan ontae me cause she loves that wean. Ah sent her umptee on page 169

3 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ae burn, especially as Donald loves a drink, but ah finish it on page xiv
an like a hoose oan fire. She loves posin fur photies. on page 6
nic. Ah bought it because she loves the circus. on page 7
'He just loves the nursery!' she replies, tw on page 11
smooth skin and wrinkles. She loves the boys as much as me and th on page 26

5 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Loves Haemophilus tho he willna car on page 46

1 matches

Smith, Elaine C. The Glasgow Gruffalo, (Itchy Coo 2017 ISBN: 978-1785300592) Central - Glasgow, weans
here's the place, coz he pure loves watter, on page 8

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Glesgy Screwdriver, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
windaes that's stickin, juist loves haein a plane or a saw in his on page 98

1 matches

Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
ng any o it might matter. Ali loves it – thinks it’s great ha
Lugs? I cannae mind. I ken he loves Lugs – loved that dog, trea
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
Naebody loves me.
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
aboot the Laird o Kiltie that loves hissel an his muckle wardrobe
1 matches

Muir, Glenn The Truth Will Out, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
ing he isnae gay. Naebody wha loves housework like he does can be
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ep getting deeper in. He just loves to talk mammoths. It’s like
1 matches

astrothsknot The Auld Man O Jerah, (archiveofourown.org 2018) Central, prose
Fyr the best loves ur the yins freely given.
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
n hing breathin right noo who loves me unconditionally, it’s Br
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
But no fur Bruce, the wee man loves it. He cannae git enough ae i
the hing is oan the boax. He loves nuttin maire than a stroll do
2 matches

@IshbelMcF tweeted
The bairn loves windows (wee babies love ligh(2019) search twitter

@PeoplesPoet77 tweeted
wee bit fandan hen but Donna loves it. And it's her phone screen (2022) twitter link

Doric

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
Winifred: Naeboady loves me, Bruce. Ah nivvir ken whet on page 40

1 matches

Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - A hame is a hame is a hame, is it nae?, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
Neighbours, aabody loves gweed Neighbours, on page 34

1 matches

Shearer, Gillian Tales Fae The Doric Side - Guernica, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
erves but ah ken deep doon he loves me and ma Ma. Bit it's nae li on page 44

1 matches

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
Like lost loves, it taks ma breath awa on page 1

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
'At quine jist loves tae be a mystery on page 65
nae cartoon, she's a human fa loves her loon on page 88
She loves i' roller coaster. She loves on page 111
Ye ken She Loves You on page 174
'At loves tae skoof on reed wine on page 189

8 matches

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Montrose, prose
he island and also its GP. He loves anglin and he loves bird-watc on page 124

2 matches

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric, prose
he island and also its GP. He loves anglin and he loves bird-watc
anglin and he loves bird-watchin and the place is
2 matches

@sovereigndaisy tweeted
le, wife loved living up Rhu, loves Glesga & the Burgh! Time will(2021) search twitter

@d_anderson878 tweeted
Im spierin' abdy fa loves I ootside ti pit up a photie.(2020) search twitter

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Fa loves ye geets! https://t.co/M5lMuB(2020) search twitter

@FaeFoggie tweeted
Im spierin' abdy fa loves I ootdside ti pit up a photie(2020) search twitter

@Franwella tweeted
ails off ye please. Ma mither loves her quiltin’ n I reckon I co(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Sheu loves her bairns, each wan the same on page 23
And Dadda loves his peedie boy. on page 27
Bit I ken that me Granny loves me on page 53

3 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
d's gey bonnie here, hoo sheu loves it, the coothie fock, and Eyn on page 75

1 matches

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
And he says that he loves me on page 122

2 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
u widna be telt. 'I ken Jeems loves me,' du insisted, "He hedd ta on page 33

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
idder loves lik net coorteens on page 115

1 matches

Southern

@officialAliRed tweeted
Loves his da, this boy ?? https://t(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
nae. If ye jist love thaim at loves you, whut reward wull ye get? on page 6
be agin hïm. Oniebodie that loves hïs faither or hïs mither m on page 9
n ïf yis onlie love thaim as loves yersels, thair's naethin part on page 79

4 matches

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