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Use in varieties of Scots

loo Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10.9 4.1 36.2 9.9 0 0 8.9
Number of occurrences358 24 1 0 0 2
Number of authors13 5 5 1 2

Occurrences of loo in Corpus

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Central

Fleemin, Sandy Shudder at the Niffer, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
tinction is "love" (noun) an "loo" (verb, whiles spelt "loe" or
na richt. It should aye be "A loo ye."
2 matches

Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
es an excuse and goes tae the loo. Ali tells me tae tone it doo
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
foo Ah keep safe the fowk Ah loo, the Auld People wha rescued
tae Fortune - the Auld Bitch loo’s a gambler,” he sayed fe
. There is a bonny lass, quha loo’s thee fae her hert, an tho
3 matches

@mcfarlane_irene tweeted
or_notwork Aye, the bairns aa loo Mrs Nae Offense. Onythin wi R(2016) search twitter

@changed_days tweeted
uy buy wan a each ae the Four Loo's cos ye never gave me any ad (2021) twitter link

Doric

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 84 - The Ferlie, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
"' he thocht, '"for them that loo the Lord"'. on page 79

1 matches

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
"Darnley" wis written on the loo It's obvious they hid set for on page 15

1 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
"Ye've heard it said, 'Loo yer neeper an hate yer faes'. on page 12
e jeest an e oonjeest. Gin ye loo bit them att loo you, fit can on page 13
l care naething for e teen an loo e tither, or he'll haud tae e on page 14
A say tae aa att wid hearken, loo yer faes; dee gweed till them on page 89
"Gin ye loo bit them att loo ye, fit thanks will ye get fo on page 90
Also on pages 98, 101
15 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Ayewiz rinnin tae i'loo on page 105
Or on i'loo fan am hae'in a pee. on page 128
at'll fair mak ye skip tae i'loo. on page 152
at'll fair mak ye skip tae i'loo. on page 169
rkish stuff maks me rin tae i'loo. on page 171

6 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
@Wattiejwattie gingin till i loo twice noo. I thocht he wis ru(2019) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
sews on buttons, cleans the 'loo', on page 23

1 matches

Ulster

Robinson, Philip Tae a Virus, (no publisher recorded 2020) Ulster, poetry
An stock-take, your loo rolls
1 matches

@Angelinekking tweeted
n wi an iPhone headed for the loo too! :)(2020) search twitter

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