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The word 'loyal'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
loyalOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.12016
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.6 3 3
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee 42.5 4 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 9.1 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
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 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of loyal in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
He's lovan, loyal, kind and true. on page 38
And, like the loyal freends that we were, agreed on page 61

2 matches

Aberdeen

Morrison Murray, Harold Doric, Historic and Humorous, (Peters and Sons 2024) Doric, poetry
en wis organised Be a band o' loyal chiels: 'Twis held doon at th on page 29

1 matches

General Northern

@72redz1903 tweeted
inty o folk claiming tae be ‘loyal’ in the coastal toons - sti (2020) twitter link

@cligeey tweeted
@Stand_Free1980 Ats nae loyal min(2020)

(South) East Central

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
Ae visit frae ilk loyal subject. on page 26

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 147, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
there". The rest o the cast, Loyal/Officer, Dorine, Pernelle, Or
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
firm classics oan the badger loyal - simply the best! (2021) twitter link

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
'Gentlemen rise, and give the Loyal Toast'. on page 41

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
the fack that swathes o aince loyal Labour voters in England turn on page 111

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
nd o popular but he wis sic a loyal yung lad that he wuid aye sti on page 63
eel hae pit in four decades o loyal on page 109
ut he's a guid Christian an a loyal servant tae me an the Kirk.' on page 110

3 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger Uprisin' an' Doonfa', (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
s landin’ tae join us an’ loyal Englishmen flockin’ tae oor
1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
eous scheme queens n then the loyal crazy burds that ir practical on page 23

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ond wan the day. Fuckin Coyle Loyal aboot here int it? How’s ye
1 matches

General Central

Shepherd, J. Barrie Lallans 82 - Glenluce Abbey , (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
stravaigin Knox's semi-loyal son on page 56

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
They're loyal. I ken them. on page 35

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
Think on Loyal Bruce an Wallace, on page 73

1 matches

General Ulster

@OrangRuth tweeted
@Lurganrebel Nat if you have loyal followers who cherish your ri(2019)