A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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lyke Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words25.8 17 6.4 0 0 481.2 0
Number of occurrences8032 4 0 0 44 0
Number of authors13 10 1 2

Occurrences of lyke in Corpus

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Central

Beckett, Mavis Duncan Lallans 83 - Born Hamelt, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
Shairly the beautician didnae lyke ma ee-broos on page 78

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
aun ti sen him oniething wyce-lyke? on page 48

11 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 81 - Fower Australian Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Dollar, poetry
ye belly-up, lyke-white, on page 18

1 matches

Gilliland, Sam Lallans 82 - Tecumseh, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
The quhyt man, sauntit lyke snaw forenent a simmer sun. on page 87

1 matches

Gilliland, Sam Lallans 83 - Cochise o the Apache Nation, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
Gin I haed a faither an mammy lyke you, on page 26

1 matches

Beckett, Mavis Duncan Lallans 59 - Auntie Aggie, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
d tae mak me grue and shidder lyke a hauf set jeelie. A nivver s on page 118

4 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
Independent, as wyce-lyke guidance for the oncum o Govr on page 8
minds me, in no a verra cosh-lyke wey, o the ins-an-oots o ma a on page 9

2 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 56 - Cauld Kail Fae Embro, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
Lyke the Judean People's Front ane on page 121

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 103, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
nt ti think it braw an clever lyke the Emperor's claes. Thon's n
1 matches

Scott, Hamish Lallans 75 - Televeision, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
Lyke ciné film o JFK as Oswald’
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
The happs wes warpit ower the lyke o Napier, the
ocht in, he wes as cauld as a lyke, an aw the
2 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
Ane starn lyke ane comete the X.day of Augus
pear, quhilk gaif greit lycht lyke ane sone beame, and continewi
2 matches

@jack_capener tweeted
@Historic_Ally Soons lyke a fair interesting topic - o(2018) search twitter
ce an cultur thit ither leids lyke the Inglis jist dinnae. Whan (2018) search twitter

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
extricate is swith frae this Lyke like Union(2020) search twitter

Doric

TheChielMeister Oatcakes 'n' Cheese, (youtube.com 2009) Doric, poetry
en fit's the wye 'at ye dinna lyke yer bree
thir ony oatcakes oan the go lyke?
2 matches

TheChielMeister Ah'm e chiel (sae dinna fash), (youtube.com 2011) Doric, poetry
Fit lyke noo ma louns an quines?
A wifie spak an ah axd "f''lyke noo?", an shae repone "You're
2 matches

Southern

Purves, David Lallans 67 - The Incomparable Li Po (701-762), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
Bring yeir lute an ye lyke on page 34

2 matches

Purves, David Lallans 73 - Ten Owersettins frae the Chinese, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
It glents on the yird lyke a pairt on page 36
kyths lyke ma traivel on page 38
ti see me, juist lyke Ah'd ettilt ti meet him. on page 40

4 matches

Purves, David Lallans 75 - Gie Us Back Oor Place Names, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Southern, prose
ts is stertin ti be regardit, lyke Gaelic, as pairt o the lingui
1 matches

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
aye greitin an ma tears fell lyke the rain.
an traetit lyke an outlin sorner.
The days o Man is lyke a short byde-ower:
if we ir ever lyke ti see
Ma ferm is anerlie ten acre lyke.
28 matches

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
than carriet or tuils an sic lyke, owre the hill tae Craik Hope
Nou, A wuid lyke tae tak ee back, fur ae meeni
treatment o ailments, an sic lyke.
uid talk on monie ae subjeck. Lyke the rest on
herdin o sheep, lyke his faither afore ‘um, A’
9 matches

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