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loat Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words12.6 19.7 3.2 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences3937 2 0 0 0 0
Number of authors18 17 1

Occurrences of loat 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

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
n tae tell them, wioot a hale loat ae enthusiasm tae begin wi, a on page v
Bill's gittin hit wae an awfy loat these days! Ah widnae swap pl on page 38
owl, "the wirld wid go roon a loat faster." on page 59
croquet business wis an awfy loat harder than it looked. on page 82
the King, "that'll save us a loat ae bother, ye know, cause the on page 119

5 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 61 - The Mass Jack, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
wee bits, an stick the bluidy loat up his erse!" on page 86

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
cter, ah like that. There's a loat tae be said aboot character. on page 15
ed, yae ask? Aye, well like a loat ae folk fae here, ah wis a vi on page 19
ot dugs. Well, apart fae that loat that haunt The Carousel oan a on page 150
us, and maire importantly, a loat bigger than us. Jist chuckled on page 199

4 matches

Docherty, John F. Lallans 81 - Lang Summer Days, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
rowded an noisy an thir wis a loat o cigarette smoke an here if on page 76

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
he bed. 'Some dae. In fact, a loat o them dae. But no aw o them! on page 41
fter that, ye've scranned the loat and rin Oot O sweeties, ye ji on page 60

2 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
's it! Tae Hell wi the bluidy loat o ye's! Stick aa yer prayers on page 104
omentanus, an blaw the bluidy loat? on page 108
dancers, comedians an aa that loat, are owrecome on page 110
mmon stock, ma life wull be a loat happier as yer Majestys. on page 122

4 matches

Matheson, Ann Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
ae fin Jess cams tae nocht. A loat o the tension arises frae thi on page 90

1 matches

Cairns, Pauline Lallans 58 - Newsins fa the SND, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
Efter a loat o wark oan awbodie's pairt we on page 110

1 matches

Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
in thae broon eyes ae his. A loat o the Lalors had broon eyes, on page 45
sumhin bit ye had a feelin a loat o folk were deid interested i on page 46
tae ower a hunner an e had a loat ae pain, it wis gettin worse on page 47

3 matches

Mc Rae, Thomas The Neep Lantern, (Lowdown-L 2009) Central - Central, prose
ngs frae her. The wind blew a loat wurse uz we ganged up tae ’
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
profit nor the 'awfie, awfie loat ...' they war bein peyed ared
1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 59 - The Queen’s Shull’n, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
me the end o the week an that loat hae the bress face...”
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
saac bluidy Newton’s goat a loat tae answer fir!) won! Marion
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
e tell Ye don’t hauf talk a loat a’ shite.
1 matches

Lochhead, Liz Ashet, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Central, poetry
and takin a loat mair claes than ma pulley eve
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
ate. And you look terrible. A loat worse than last night. You’
‘’A loat ae words fur a fuckin express
2 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 5, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
e wur gittin him? It coasts a loat ae money tae keep a dug. And
1 matches

@Angela1Sinclair tweeted
hsays Fanks ma freen. Means a loat ??(2020) search twitter

@raiphsays tweeted
kerNeil A widnae wear em an a loat a airlines ban em noo!(2020) search twitter

@johnstone_shane tweeted
hear yir enjoyin it, means a loat (2020) twitter link
duk Cheers Billy, aye means a loat. Hope yir weil! (2020) twitter link
t we've goat. Seems thirr's a loat ae this gahn aboot an it's ne (2020) twitter link

Doric

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
r Countenance. Thir's an awfy loat we dinnae ken aboot ane anith on page 40

2 matches

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