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The word 'lotta'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
lottaOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.4144
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 36 11 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 11.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
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)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of lotta in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
rt aboot coonsellin - it's a lotta ears te throw awa wi'oot aive on page 15
pal, Muggie, thinks it's aa a lotta dirt an at Ah'm ower easy tee on page 58

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
t's jist an opportunity fir a lotta snobby divvels te show aff te on page 26
believe ye, onywye - it's a lotta mumbo-jumbo claptrap." on page 38
atch fit ye're deein. Ye've a lotta health problems - fit wi yer on page 47
s nae aa gweed. Ere's an affa lotta adjustmints te mak fin ye act on page 51
s Reed bade hersel, she hid a lotta things aat my mam didna. Ah p on page 64
Also on pages 66, 69
9 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 83 - Dunnottar, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
‘That’s a lotta dirt,’ mummled Brian Davids
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
lowin suin, Nou he had made a lotta money but spent it jist as qu on page 48

1 matches

Edinburgh

Docherty, John F. Lallans 81 - Lang Summer Days, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
tterday night or that, whin a lotta men git drunk. Larry got lift on page 76

1 matches

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