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Use in varieties of Scots

loonie Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words11.6 1.6 52.8 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences363 33 0 0 0 0
Number of authors11 2 9

Occurrences of loonie in Corpus

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Central

McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
us. There is a story o a wee loonie who had been tae school just
age a wee bit, but it was the loonie’s language and nae mine. He
2 matches

Bolland, John Lallans 71 - Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in progress, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
“An the loonie?” Mither’d ask.
1 matches

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 84 - Jamie’s Day Oot, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
The loonie looked at him, pit a finger t on page 43

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 68 - Gordon’s Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Doric, prose
hat Ah dinna think o that wee loonie. He wis aye runnin aboot an l on page 35

1 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
faimly wye. She'll hae a wee loonie, an ye'll ca him Jesus, cause on page 7
prophit spak: 'A will cry ma loonie oot o Egypt'. on page 8
e spak fae hivven: "Iss is ma loonie an A'm gey weel shiuted wi hi on page 9
chiel amo ye att wid gie his loonie a steen fan he speirs for loa on page 15
reef? Jist ye say e wird an e loonie'll come aa richt. I ken, caus on page 16
Also on pages 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 96, 99, 107
17 matches

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
maa fountain in the shape o a loonie urinatin, nae mair than the h on page 13
st popular anes include a wee loonie fa is fumin an a monolith fit on page 16

2 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
she said loonie, kin ye nae see? on page 103
'Ere's a loonie on i'street wi' a spotted spo on page 159

2 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 79 - The Tattiebogle, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
id, 'nae at aa - but the wee loonie - ' on page 17
manages tae catch haud o the loonie an gethim ashore. But it wis on page 18

2 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 75 - The Petrol Tanker, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Doric, prose
ms; aside her there wis a wee loonie, his nose pressed hard agin t
, “bit tell me, fit’s yer loonie’s name?”
i her bairn in her airms, the loonie grippin the muckle great parc
3 matches

Johnston, Mary Lallans 81 - A Day at Edinbro Feestival, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric, prose
he saved Millie Smith’s wee loonie frae droonin fen he fell inti
1 matches

McArthur, Kaydi Rich n Peer, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Banff, prose
far awa, ere wis an affa fine loonie cad James MacPherson. He bade
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
Bit the loonie didna heed, an ran on doon ta
1 matches

Young, Morna The Twa Chrisses, (Scots Language Center 2021) Doric, prose
Chris the quine wi a loonie’s name.
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@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
L14 @HurchinHome Is that your loonie? (2020) twitter link

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