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Use in varieties of Scots

lilt Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.5 4.8 4.8 0 0 43.7 17.7
Number of occurrences209 3 0 0 4 4
Number of authors15 8 2 2 3

Occurrences of lilt in Corpus

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Central

Crichton, Tam Lallans 84 - Ower the Faem Pairt Twa: Doon the Watter, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
he screams o deein men an the lilt o a bonnie sang in a tung unk on page 60

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Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
wi couthie words in soothing lilt, on page 13

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Forde, Iain W D Dalquharter (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2010 ISBN: 978-0-9559-105-6-2) Central, prose
n the nemm wi a bonie sindert lilt. "Ye maun be lanerlie no link on page 1

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Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Feeds the lilt o ma sang. on page 6

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Holton, Brian Lallans 67 - The Nine Sangs: Brian Holton, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
ireachd, ay, weill-cordit the lilt on page 27

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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 58 - The Sang o the Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
cause it reflecks the tune an lilt o its leid. Singers may whyle on page 77

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McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - review, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
e an Embra shotten throu wi a lilt frae the clachans o the Mearn on page 109

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Campbell, Karen Gie it laldy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Glasgow, blog
-deep words, the heft and the lilt that A had ca’d up and chos
1 matches

Doric

McGregor, Iain Lallans 77 - Farquhar, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
n his gait, an a strynge orra lilt in the wey he spake. A wice, on page 99

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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
the loodspikkers cam a fishin lilt, wi a wee bit spik frae some
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Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
nkit his heid in time tae the lilt o the pipes, pawin the grun w
1 matches

Southern

Purves, David Lallans 67 - The Incomparable Li Po (701-762), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
the lilt o, "Brekkin the Widdies", on page 34

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Purves, David Lallans 73 - Ten Owersettins frae the Chinese, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
the wunter speugs lilt on frae morn til nicht. on page 40

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 74 - I Hae A Drame, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Southern, poetry
intil a leesome lilt o sibness.
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Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
the lilt o, “Brekkin the Widdies”,
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Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
"' said he wi his saft Scotch lilt. "I'm not tae be eating the r on page 1

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Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
It haes a lilt that's al' its ain, thit a fo on page 42

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McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
A had a notion A cud quarely lilt a sang, Til A heerd masel, iz on page 11

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