A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

lo Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words17.8 13.8 32 9.9 0 32.8 22.1
Number of occurrences5526 20 1 0 3 5
Number of authors24 14 6 1 2 1

Occurrences of lo in Corpus

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Central

Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
dyin German at the time, an I lo'ed the fact at the Scots shaw on page 6

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Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Flittin In, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
veelage o Lochgarland (cried Lo’gairlan’) whit, in maugre
thit Coalhoose wis awfy alike Lo’gairlan’. A straiglin mai
haim wi the stourie streets o Lo’gairlan’, he jaloosed aw
3 matches

Watt, George T. Lallans 74 - Distempered, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
in truth hailhertedly A’d lo her,
1 matches

Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
Professor Joseph Lo Bianco, hauds that a country
10. Professor Lo Bianco is o the belief that:
11. Professor Lo Bianco’s report5
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Fleemin, Sandy Shudder at the Niffer, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
(verb, whiles spelt "loe" or "lo'e" in traditional texts). A l
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS nummer 109, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
ids in Scotland, as in Joseph Lo Bianco's veesion o a multilit
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Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - No In-gleesh, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
uhin else aff et the dug, and lo and behold, the bugger only g
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Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Where Dae Ye Catch the Bus Tae Sarajevo?, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
pulls up tae oor stance, and lo and behold, it has SARAJEVO o
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Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Ye lo'ed me mair than ma desert.
The swellin buds we lo'e the best,
Refreshin weel-lo'ed Scottish scenes
Maist lo'ed in aw the warld's regard -
4 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Kintrae livin, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
sits tae him an ma auntie. We loʼed their hoose wi its twin r
a richt slaister, but hou ah loʼed daein it!
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Thoumire, Elizabeth Makkin a muckle o a mickle, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
n mony hooses, I jalouse mair lo’ed an better kent than oor
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 175, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
on for me the name o ane much lo'ed blinn poet that performs h
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Muir, Glenn The Truth Will Out, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
an. Weel she had the wean and lo and behold Jack Riley wis jis
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Hodgart, John A Catalogue o Sair Neglect, (Bella Calledonia 2016) Central - North Ayrshire, blog
An then lo an behold, afore the turn of
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Wallace, Lorna A Scot’s Lament fur her American Fellows (Oan their election of a tangerine gabshite walloper)., (lornalouwriting.wordpress.com 2016) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
Yet lo, ye votit (michty me!)
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@Chazzbat tweeted
the photie Ah saw wis really lo-res.(2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
s kin poo a few strings there lo (2020) twitter link
n swally in ma ain wee bubble lo (2020) twitter link

Doric

Wood, Evelyn Tales Fae The Doric Side - Carlo, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
Better lo'ed ye canna be, on page 28

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Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
ae his biler suit pooches an, lo an behold oot came
1 matches

TheChielMeister Nae mince in Moray, (youtube.com 2008) Doric, poetry
Rummel aboot, high and lo
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@DoricPhrases tweeted
been tae Aberdeen an fell in lo'e wi Brig o Don an wrote song(2016) search twitter
Ah lo'e that wifie has circled in r(2017) search twitter
Valentine nicht wi the ae ye lo'e an if ye cannae be wi aat l(2018) search twitter
I lo'e it fin it dings doon kis pl(2018) search twitter
Ah lo'e it fin ma quine guans aff w(2018) search twitter
and 8 other occurrences.

@FaeFoggie tweeted
deen Nae idea. I'm a fu' noo. Lo'ed I fact at I twa chefs teac(2019) search twitter

@72redz1903 tweeted
shown roon Cormack Park, but lo and behold, Hibs sneak in off (2022) twitter link

Orkney

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
a peedie story aboot it and, lo and behold, I won. To date th on page 14

1 matches

Southern

Purves, David Lallans 67 - The Incomparable Li Po (701-762), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
that fills Lo Ceitie. on page 34

1 matches

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
that fills Lo Ceitie.
1 matches

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
lo-an-behaud it gaed strecht til
1 matches

Ulster

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
thïnkin aboot aa thïs, whan lo an behoul, an angel o tha Loa on page 1
the' set aff on thair wye, an lo an behoul, tha starn the' hae on page 2
weel as hïs follaers. ° An lo an behoul, thair wus thïs wu on page 9
An lo an behol, as the' went thair on page 99

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