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The word 'looder'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
looderOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus11.13618
ORK - Orkney 69.6 7 2
SHD - Shetland 29.1 5 4
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 22.9 7 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 10.6 8 5
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 56.2 4 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of looder in Corpus

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Orkney

Norquoy, Greer Gallows Ha - The Weather Dance, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
The wind looder an looder blew, on page 29

2 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
"Thir," sheu says, an looder again, "That wey." on page 9
nt hid, an sings a peedie bit looder, looder as the hivvy clankan on page 46

3 matches

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
The wind looder an looder blew on page 155

2 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
n in?" axed Alice ageen, only looder. on page 58

1 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
n hoo lood you say sumthin: a looder or mair prominent syllable is on page 29

1 matches

Walterson, Barbara Da Trow o’ Fogla Skerry, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
soond I wis hearin wis gittin looder an looder, closer an closer.
an looder, closer an closer. My hert wi
2 matches

Watt, Valerie Tochts fae Tushie Truncherface: Announcin Truncherfaece twins, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
id tactfully as she gret even looder.
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ce, es a fresh thrash o aiven looder meesic stairtit up. on page 46
The music gat a bittie looder an Muggie snichered es Paulin on page 60

3 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
Syne, Jock Dow spakk looder, an the two cousins dinna hae
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
hanted: saft, syne lood, syne looder still.
chantin saft; syne lood; syne looder – the mantra she'd catched
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
W CRAW CRAW,” cried Victor, looder this time roon, till a wee gu
1 matches

General Northern

Diansangu, Mae Tales Fae The Doric Side - My Faither's Fowk, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
jist een drap spiks looder, on page 39

1 matches

Strachan, Shane Beyond the Sea, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Doric, prose
hoo, each pair manages tae be looder than the last, sometimes even
1 matches

(South) East Central

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 85 - D.I.Y. Doctor , (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
'Ohhhhh-Hoooooo', Alan bawled looder nor ivver. He wis lukkin fir on page 34

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 68 - The Fower Jyners o the Apocalypse, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
The noise got looder an, o a sidden, a heid appear on page 26

1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
in?" asked Alice again, even looder. on page 57

1 matches

General Central

Robertson, James Precious and the Puggies, (Itchy Coo 2011 ISBN: 978-1845023324) Central, weans
fae ootby. The wheeplin grew looder, and wis soon a kinna yowlin on page 74

1 matches

Crichton, Tam Lallans 84 - Ower the Faem Pairt Twa: Doon the Watter, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
dit an bydit, hearin the ship looder an looder as it cam nearer an on page 57

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
A peerie wee voice, nae looder than the squeakin o a moose, on page 152

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
" Klaus said, his vyce gettin looder as he got mair and mair wirke on page 32
ce stairtit tae get a wee bit looder. "Cause last I heard, yese ha on page 53

2 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
elin o flicht. Daedalus cried looder an looder, as Icarus got faur
an looder, as Icarus got faurer an faur
2 matches

General Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
"It's mair o a looder it needs!!" on page 8

4 matches

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