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Use in varieties of Scots

lake Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words37.2 6.9 1.6 0 0 21.9 437.7
Number of occurrences11513 1 0 0 2 99
Number of authors24 10 1 1 12

Occurrences of lake 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.

Central

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
sten, ... far far away on the Lake o Chad on page 43

3 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
weh that we talk, it's no a lake or a lock, on page 73

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
lace called Penrith up by the Lake District. Harpreet an Navdeep on page 120
Newcastle, Scarborough an the Lake District, an she said, Where on page 165

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - A Wee Story Aboot Love, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
as if she wis dauncin in Swan Lake. Her claes were made o bonnie on page 71

1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 67 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
in Rob Roy an The Lady of the Lake wi his tales o hieland riever on page 65

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
Beside the lake on page 122

1 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 56 - Greenfield the Name O The Pit, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, poetry
Weeds growne in lake and sand-clogged riverbanks, on page 107

1 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 76 - The Gied Ower Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, poetry
Luik. Ye see the lake? The mallards’ heids
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
here a lamasery ayont Bangdag Lake. We can
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ker pals doon the area oh the lake district - rebel without a c (2021) twitter link

Doric

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
sit Geneva an nae set een on 'Lake Geneva' (kent as 'Lac Léman' on page 5

1 matches

Southern

Purves, David Lallans 75 - Gie Us Back Oor Place Names, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Southern, prose
Menteith is corrupted ti the Lake o Menteith, the name o the ne
n East Lothian ‘Pressmennan Lake’. On radio in Scotland, oot
2 matches

Ulster

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
The square bottle glancin lake fire, on page 6
t ye!' she said, naw lukkin. 'Lake on page 10
Lake airms wavvin. on page 15
Bak then, lake yisterday, lake on page 20
Fait-wrocht, life-bocht lake a', on page 30
Also on pages 35, 38, 41, 45, 48, 49, 51, 54
19 matches

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Sitch tangl't bakes lake limpets clamp't on page 2
Lake gress, a boadys while, that's on page 4
Lake squibs let aff tha nicht afor on page 10
No lake on page 12
Lake free-stane blocks, yella bree on page 15
Also on pages 17, 18, 23, 25, 26, 30, 33, 41, 44, 48, 49, 50, 56, 59, 60, 62, 63, 64, 65
33 matches

Warwick, Matthew Fergie an Freens oan tha fairm, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2011) Ulster - Rural Mid-Antrim, weans
dae ye think, Sadie? Ir the' lake oanythin ava?" "The'll dae ri on page 8
Liz. "Boys a dear, ye'r thran lake yer Ma!" siz Wullie. "Thon's on page 9

2 matches

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
He wull be lake Elijah, fu o God's Spïrit an on page 69
ae, jist let ït aa cum aboot lake ye say." on page 70
ht iz a michtie Saviour, jist lake he sayed oot o tha mooth o hà on page 71
t. Tha Halie Spïrit cum doon lake a doo, an a voice cum frae ha on page 74
's mine tae gie tae whaiver A lake. Gin ye wull jist boo doon ta on page 75
Also on pages 76, 98, 99, 100, 101, 107
13 matches

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
The taps ir jist lake fountains on page 5
An' sates lake mae Da's ermchair, on page 26

2 matches

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
eepit in his lug, "Yer drivin lake ma grannie." on page 5
-shade, or this place wull be lake an ice-boax afore ower lang". on page 17
e want tha doctor? This isnae lake you", an then, "Whaur did tha on page 18
ae wee) Hingin roon tha stans lake cleggs the' ir, the' dinnae w on page 20

6 matches

Ullans Speakers Association Nursery Rhymes for Weans, (Ulster-Scots Agency 2008 ISBN: 978-0955791697) Ulster, weans
Lake a cannel in tha sky on page 10
Hae ye iver sa tha lake in yer life on page 16

2 matches

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
watter, refill the lake, an oor waark oan the leid wu on page 20

2 matches

Warwick, Matthew Tha Feardie Geng hae tae bide at hame, (Sensory Attachment Centre 2020) Ulster - Ballymena, weans
ut gettin smit wi tha flu’s lake, sae they dinnae want a dose
1 matches

Reynolds, Charlie Krisamas time is draa’in near, (Ullans Speakers Association 2011) Ulster - Coleraine, prose
aa that aff mae chist, A wud lake tae wush yese yin an aa A Hap
1 matches

Reynolds, Charlie An Appeal frae tha hairt, (North Antrim Speak 2010) Ulster - Coleraine, blog
boords an mair boords in tha lake o Bilfawst, tha maak up o the
1 matches

Reynolds, Charlie Tha demise o oor ain tongue, (North Antrim Speak 2010) Ulster - Coleraine, blog
agen it. But it cannae gae on lake this an bae left tae dee jest
1 matches

Reynolds, Charlie Tak pride in yer ain tongue, (North Antrim Speak 2009) Ulster - Coleraine, blog
t themsels ir maebae thae wud lake tae forget that thae ivir did
1 matches

Ulster Scots Agency Ulster Scots Census, (census.gov.uk 2021) Ulster, government
fur an plenish main sarvices lake lear, convoy and halth.
fur an plenish main sarvices lake lear, convoy and halth.
yer repones keepin in tha box lake sae:
boxes; yin letter tae a box, lake sae:
istaks bae fillin oot tha box lake sae: or:
6 matches

Fenton, James The Lade, (Ullans Magazine 2001) Ulster, prose
ppin an spalterin aboot whun, lake thon, the watterfa turned tae
watterfa turned tae puddles. Lake the wie ye’d whiles fin yin
2 matches

Gillen, Charles Oot Here Mae Lane, (Words without Borders Magazine 2004) Ulster, prose
man, I lake tae be oot here mae lane.
1 matches

Stewart, Kenny The Proota Field, (Facebook 2021) Ulster, poetry
Treat that tastes lake that soda breid, fresh aff th
1 matches

Gillen, Charles Whun A’ The Kye Had Names, (Ullans Press 2005) Ulster, poetry
An’ weeds that luk’t lake churnstaffs, an’ grew on he
I lake’t the blue rimm’t buckets
Och! Al’ the sime I lake’t it whun al’ the kye had
Ye shud be mair lake Jamie, an’ love the lan’
oo if ye’d ax me whut I’d lake, if ye only had the power,
5 matches

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