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The word 'li'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
liOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.72512
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 18.2 4 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 4 3 3
SEA - South East (Borders) 137.2 11 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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 li in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
lI fed him a peanut atween the b on page 55

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
gh hivven. "Elspeth an Gerald'lI bi here in a meenit. Get him on page 27

1 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
u things in yer name?' Syne A'lI tell them straicht, 'A nivver on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
irdly likely ony o the faimly'li bi sikken't the day." on page 16

1 matches

(South) East Central

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
Ðy ném bí hóli
1 matches

West Central

@MizLiot tweeted
50 year ahead o me an I would li (2021) twitter link

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Intae the Snaw, (Gatehouse Press 2015 ISBN: 978-0992857370) Central, poetry
Frae Li Bai on page 20
Frae Li Bai on page 33
Frae Li Bat on page 43

3 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
Then I'li go 'ae ma room, watch Lord ay on page 3

1 matches

General Central

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - Andra’s Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
sto arabi "the German shore", li figo d'Antibo "denties fae th on page 50

1 matches

Holton, Brian Lallans 67 - The Nine Sangs: Brian Holton, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
an Watter, ay, mascorn on the Li on page 21

1 matches

Mackintosh, Henrietta A Tale o Twa Leids: Gaelic, Scots an smoorin wi luve, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
academic focus [in] Scottish li
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Purves, David Lallans 67 - The Incomparable Li Po (701-762), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
The Incomparable Li Po (701-762) on page 34

5 matches

Purves, David Lallans 59 - Five Poems frae the Chinese o Po Chu-I, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
g wi his famous predecessors, Li Po an Tu Fu, Po Chü-I is reg
1 matches

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
16. A Fluit at Loyang: Li Po (701-762)
34. Keikin Gless: Li Ch’ing Chao (1082-1144)
of Li Po (701-762)
of Li Ch’ing Chao (1082-1144)
of Li Ch’ing-chao (1082-1144?)
5 matches

South West (Galloway)

@StuartPoet tweeted
fine. Great local words there li(2020)