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The word 'lovin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
lovinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus17.25535
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 29.1 5 4
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 11.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 62 14 6
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 23 9 4
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.6 2 2
GLA - Glasgow 21.7 4 2
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 14.7 11 7
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal) 17241.4 1 1
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 31.4 1 1
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) 18.2 1 1

Occurrences of lovin in Corpus

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Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
a her aalder years, da simple lovin hert at shö hed as a bairn: on page 126

1 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
Wir Alec wis da kindest maist lovin bridder ony young lass cood w on page 18

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Smootie gengs ta Lerrick, (SCOTS corpus 2003) Shetland - Bressay, weans
back tae her dooble life, an lovin hit!
1 matches

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
r and craws taes. Da bees are lovin it. http://t.co/s71cYulieA(2014)
I'm lovin da excitement and positivity (2014)

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
es like: 'LUSTY LINDA'S LOTTO LOVIN' - fitna hell kinna title's on page 37

1 matches

Goodall, Phyllis J. Cabrach Days, (timberford.demon 2000) Doric, poetry
Tae be true an lovin wives,
1 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
@DonsBarca Lovin yon wheel o steel.(2020)

Aberdeen

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
Ah couldnae imagine lovin onybody but on page 31

1 matches

General Northern

Nicol, Paul Tales Fae The Doric Side - Her Hauns, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
her hauns, lovin as she cradles oor bairn tae on page 24

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Thank you quine fir lovin me on page 71
AA MA LOVIN on page 73

9 matches

Christie, Hilary Lallans 78 - Ma Freens in Chains, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric, poetry
At shuid be jist in lovin care on page 74

1 matches

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
Fit like 'e day ye banana lovin' hoors? Whau's in need o' a r(2015)

@beast_afc tweeted
z fair teen by the shout out. Lovin yer work. #bringonthebabes(2020)

@Franwella tweeted
Fit can I say .... I'm kinda lovin CBB!(2012)

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
wis her name turned ma peace lovin faither intae a merciless vig on page 88
tantly she's aw oor him. He's lovin the attention tae. A proper s on page 154

2 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Here's an end tae aw oor lovin,
an lovin life, like me an you,
2 matches

Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
n oor grasp. Through livin an lovin oor leid we naturally mak dai
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@kennethbryce184 tweeted
mes m8 - done 3 today ffs am lovin it (2020) twitter link
@RyanMusselburgh ur lovin it brother - swap the angel (2021) twitter link
JordanMcCallion @jackmoffat66 lovin this likes - radio rental lo (2020) twitter link
crackin wee chillout today n lovin it - cood 2 nite b the nite (2020) twitter link

Edinburgh

Burnett, Mikey nobody remembers the birdman - It's Ladle, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
puss now. Oh, god, wis he no lovin it. As him and his wife sat d on page 35

1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
Pandit needit plenty o thair lovin care.
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
er riper years, the simple an lovin hert ae her childhood; an how on page 123

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
aw wi a piece and jeely and a lovin skelp. On ye go... I'll haud on page x
Ma lovin deid. on page 40
As his iver-lovin Deputy Fiihrer for nivermore, on page 110

3 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
e the warm beild o Heaven the lovin airms o the Lord. on page 27

1 matches

General Central

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
fur lovin them - stampit wi tattoos on page 90

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
Hoo lovin parents cannae see on page 29

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
bairn. I want a guid sensible lovin bairn, ane I can tell aw ma m on page 171

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Morning, Carey Neeps and Tatties, (self-published 2020) Central, weans
d drank fae the Haggis's braw lovin cup. on page 37

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ich explains why Isla grew up lovin hursel. Ah dinnae recognise t on page 119

1 matches

Armstrong, Kate Lallans 58 - Herman Und Dorothea, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
them, bairns are fer haein an lovin, on page 43

1 matches

@jax6754 tweeted
@JeffBrazier Lovin the daily blogs! especially t(2015)
@MaxGeorge @Spotify Lovin Barcelona which is yin top tu(2018)

@Chazzbat tweeted
Lovin #RetrogradeTV, but which fuck(2020)
Lovin the shade fae @metacritic at (2020)
@AGlasgowGirl Lovin yer hair. Ye look gorgeous x(2020)

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
hur riper years, th simple an lovin hairt o hur childhood; an how on page 124

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Haddow, Kris nobody remembers the birdman - The Incomer, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
page, fair smert in his suit, lovin aa the attention, folk sayin on page 80

1 matches

Donegal (East Donegal)

Swannock Fulton, Rab ahm grinnin lik an eejit , (Association for Scottish Literary Studies 2005 ISBN: 978-0948877698) Ulster - Galway, poetry
aboot lovin yae missin yae on page 38

1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
ir riper years, the simple an lovin hairt o hir childhood; an hoo on page 125

1 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
e wi peace.' If thair's peace-lovin fowk thair, yer blissin wull on page 87

1 matches

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