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Use in varieties of Scots

lairnt Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words18.1 19.1 8 0 5.8 10.9 57.5
Number of occurrences5636 5 0 1 1 13
Number of authors25 15 4 1 1 5

Occurrences of lairnt in Corpus

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Central

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
She wis wi him an aa whan he lairnt o the fearsome diagnosis, the on page 20
fter this at the lave o thaim lairnt o't. Thay haed been spiered r on page 21
he best o times, an Kate haed lairnt areddies at it wis a gey job on page 25

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McGregor, Iain Lallans 85 - Archie Dodds, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
haur baith laddies an lassies lairnt aboot clootin an shewin claes on page 21

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 68 - The Fower Jyners o the Apocalypse, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
p a strecht gub, "I've nivver lairnt yet hou tae pit in a sash rop on page 26

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
a tyler, but efter skuil wes lairnt the tredd o a soutar, an in 1 on page 45
ukkil skeill, an monie cherms lairnt frae buiks. A ken aw luve's l on page 46

2 matches

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
e is hairse, but aince ah hae lairnt ye the tune, ye can sing it b on page 6

2 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
jist five wee wirds Ah lairnt aff ma an pa on page 13
Ye've taen up poems? Lairnt tae drive? Yer oot an arenae on page 77

2 matches

Clark, Thomas Diary o a Wimpy Wean, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785302145) Central, weans
l jist gaun tae shaw I hivnae lairnt a thing fae last year. on page 5

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
tae Olaf wi aw the stuff he'd lairnt fae Judge Strauss''s library, on page 127

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Mair than the neichbours lairnt she - on page 17

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
Are nou expressed: he's lairnt, he's seen. on page 15

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
me, speecial spellins is suin lairnt.
es o "Coals tae Newcastle" is lairnt Scots spaekin bairns, an they
2 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Shudder at the Niffer, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
in dialecks, or that they wis lairnt the English at the schuil an
1 matches

Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation, (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
bridth o subjects thit kin be lairnt throu GME in baith levels o b
1 matches

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
ye kentna onie better, but I lairnt ower time at it wis
t. Ower the neist few days we lairnt ither bits an pieces forbye,
2 matches

Clark, Thomas Scots an the smit: a language unner lockdoun, (Bella Caledonia 2020) Central - Bellshill, blog
l, the actual experience haes lairnt me ithergates, an it turns oo
1 matches

Capener, Jack No Guid Eneuch, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central, blog
Twanty year o devolution his lairnt us tae cairry wirsels wi mair
1 matches

Clark, Sara Scot Free -The Psychic Cost O Uisin Scots, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
uise Scots wirds, wance ah'd lairnt thaim. An it still is. An tae
1 matches

Clark, Sara Your Leid, Oor Leid, Awbody's Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
e'd lassie frae Germany wha'd lairnt tae spik a cantie blend o Eng
eadin English wirds that they lairnt tae say in Scots frae bein bo
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 176, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
dinnae aye speak Scots, but I lairnt then hou muckle it speaks tae
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 175, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
. Then efter some research, I lairnt that Scots an Frisian is cous
1 matches

Dempster, Michael DIGNITY, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
Lik fae when A lairnt
A lairnt masel
an whit A'd lairnt
Maistly but, A lairnt
An A wis lairnt
7 matches

@iainnicol tweeted
A hae aye said ye’re better lairnt aboot Canterbury Saints an th(2020) search twitter

Doric

McGregor, Iain Lallans 77 - Farquhar, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
he wey he spake. A wice, buik lairnt saft vice, fae sic a tousie t on page 99

1 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
ye've keepit sic things fae e lairnt an e wyse, makkin it clear ti on page 98
z foo tae pray, jist lik Jock lairnt his disciples." He answert, " on page 99

2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
culture-cairriers, fowk weel-lairnt in the auld makars' airts o m
1 matches

@d_anderson878 tweeted
k it as a compliment. Mine, A lairnt faan A kent him better he wid(2020) search twitter

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
community at's bøn formally lairnt an trained in Standirt Englis on page 36

1 matches

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
d Tamson o Howasley, him whae lairnt the Joinerin wi ma faither it
1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
pie tae the wean what I niver lairnt masel. Ye'll care fur him, Mr on page 1

5 matches

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Na, hairts wus lairnt tae saftly thrum on page 4
But deil a haet o that wus lairnt, on page 58
We'r lairnt we maun aye say Yes. on page 61

3 matches

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
tha truith o whut ye hae bin lairnt. on page 69
èr, but whaniver he ïs weel lairnt, he wull be jist like tha mai on page 80
t an drunk alang wi ye, an ye lairnt iz doon oor loanins.' But he' on page 94

3 matches

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
The leid that we've lairnt frae the past. on page 45

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@Angelinekking tweeted
. The Queens creative writers lairnt me a wheen o words and idioms(2020) search twitter

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