A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

laa Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words40.4 0 28.8 29.8 63.9 0 411.2
Number of occurrences1250 18 3 11 0 93
Number of authors15 3 2 3 7

Occurrences of laa in Corpus

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Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 81 - Pyntin the Been, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
or are ye here ti uphaud the laa? Oh, ye think they're the sam on page 8

1 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
ve come here tae dee awa wi e laa nor e prophits. I didna come on page 11
hae them dee tae you: att's e laa an e prophits. on page 15
ak e offerin as set oot i the laa: 'A pair o cushie doos or twa on page 82
aa att wis socht o them bi e laa o e Lord, they held awa hame on page 83
n's hoose. Seemon's mither-in-laa wis i the grip o a fivver an on page 86
Also on pages 98, 103, 108, 114
16 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
whasaeiver ettled it. The ae laa abeen aa wis that the young o
1 matches

Orkney

Miller, Alison Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Orkney, poetry
do say he's never practeesed laa - on page 39

1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine The future of Scots, (https://www.opendemocracy.net/ 2015) Orkney, prose
ckle corpus o Scots comes fae laa, fir Scots wis the leid o laa
, fir Scots wis the leid o laa in Scotland fir gey wheen o c
2 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
da hoose, 'Lat wis geng ta da laa: I sall prosecute dee. Noo du on page 30
I startit ta tak up da Laa on page 49
k someen at wis layin doon da laa. Da Wheen whet wi dat sam. on page 82
e wis never been in a coort o laa afore, but shö wis read aboo on page 109

4 matches

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
da Loard's we as set oot i da Laa. You hed ta lat da pör an da on page 19
faimilies git nae help fae da Laa Coorts. Fock dat ir fantin 'l on page 27
ksed him, 'Is hit richt be da Laa ta mak someean better on da L on page 101
letter ta gie him da richt in laa ta hae ony o Jesus' fock pitt on page 159

6 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
We need laa makkers for wir ting a boat, on page 48

1 matches

Ulster

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
l Licht that's lang'lt wi tha laa on page 75

1 matches

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
e hoose, 'Let iz baith go tae laa: A wull prosecute yae. Come, on page 30
d haes fether, "A tuk tae the laa, on page 48

2 matches

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
d preeshts an maistèrs o tha Laa, an he axt thaim whar tha Chr on page 2
Aboot tha Laa on page 5
rsels, fer thïs ïs whut tha Laa an tha Proaphits ïs aa aboot on page 8
, he saen Petèr's mither-ïn-laa lyin ïn bed wi a faivir. He on page 9
ry an Joseph tae dae whut tha Laa o Moses sayed tae dae eftèr on page 72
Also on pages 73, 77, 78, 79, 85, 88, 90, 91, 93, 94, 96, 98, 103, 104, 106, 107, 108, 109, 112
58 matches

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
n, by thair ain fowks, or tha laa. on page 12
nae ocht immoral, ir agin tha laa, but it wus a wee hair oot o on page 29

2 matches

Ni Chuilin, Caral Roadin furtae Bring Forrits an Graith tha ULSTER-SCOTCH Leid, Heirskip an Cultur, (Mannystrie o Fowkgates, Airts an Aisedom 2015) Ulster, government
as tha Brïtish Goverment pit laa throu-hans at Wastmïnstèr f on page 12
furtae pit ontaks unnèr tha laa oan yins daein tha skailin, t on page 37
e in tha set o goverment, tha laa or guidin, "it wull weer til on page 46

4 matches

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
fu' a programme fer ection in laa. on page 6
* A laa fund. on page 11
ked aa bae the apt government laa authorities tae mak' siccar a on page 25
owresicht, policy, education, laa, journalism on page 41
The noo the laa alloos fer street signs tae b on page 50
Also on pages 57, 58, 59, 60
18 matches

Ulster Scots Agency Ulster Scots Census, (census.gov.uk 2021) Ulster, government
t tha heid-coont by wye o tha laa. Gin ye dinnae, or ye pit doo
t tha heid-coont by wye o tha laa. Gin ye dinnae, or ye pit doo
n tha heid-coont by wye o tha laa.
repones bes pertectit by tha laa.
bae tha laa, but
8 matches

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