A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Concordance

The word 'la'

Use in varieties of Scots

Occurrences of la in Corpus

Orkney

Shetland

Mid Northern A

@DoricPhrases tweeted
in mooie ah like tae ging tae La Lombarda aat Castlegate fur a(2015)

Mid Northern B

Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
e forgane. The club plays in 'La Liga' an ye can aften get yer on page 3
ent in the Valencian leid as 'La Nit del Foc' (The Night of Fi on page 4
can actually gang an veesit 'La Maison du Gruyère' (aboot an on page 6
ations sic as the 'Galerie de la Reine', a picturesque 19th ce on page 14
he château is the 'Maison de la Magie', a magic museum dedica on page 18

6 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 83 - The Cricket An The Eemock, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, poetry
Owersettin o ‘La Cigale et la Fourmi’ bi La Fontaine
Fourmi’ bi La Fontaine
2 matches

General Northern

(South) East Central

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ck against government - viva la france! (2020) twitter link
le - need a say more - viva la france! (2020) twitter link
s r tae die for brother - oo la la lol (2020) twitter link
e bluebell bob hat jack - oo la la x (2020) twitter link
RyanMusselburgh make up - oo la la xxx (2021) twitter link
and 2 other occurrences.

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ff that said LE CHAT-E-A-U an LA MAISON underneath; it wis aw on page 19

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Marshall Bellisle, La Blonde and Terpsichore on page 98
'Cemeterio de la ciudad', on page 133

2 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Mumbo Jumbo, (Litro magazine 2006) Central, prose
ff that said LE CHAT-E-A-U an LA MAISON underneath; it wis aw
1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
La Lamantation de la Soeur Noir
1 matches

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
tween ‘Clementine’ and ‘La Cucuracha’. It gaed:
1 matches

Glasgow

Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
‘La Scozia e molto freddo,’ say
‘Quanto per la spiaggia?’
2 matches

Eunson, Catherine Freude, (The Scores 2020) Central, poetry
de Fleurs, sur la plus belle place du monde in
1 matches

Ayrshire

Lehane, Matt La Le La Le La Iron Mountain, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
la le la le la
la le la le la
la le la le la
la le la le la
la le la le la
12 matches

Lehane, Matt Psstt, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
ou est la torche
ou est la torche
ou est la torche
ou est la torche
ou est la torche, ou est la torche
7 matches

General Central

Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
parle en français parce que la question de langue pose un pr on page 35

2 matches

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
oads atween 'Clementine' and 'La Cucaracha'. on page 6

1 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
GRUMPHIE (lichtsomely): "Tra-la-la, tra-la-la.' on page 43
t easy-osy wey, he said, "Tra-la-la, on page 45
tra-la-la,' as if it had jist cam intae on page 47

16 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
La Jolla's spanish lights flicke on page 11
romanoff a la lila on page 83

2 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - Andra’s Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
sae, gin Toulon is nou Leith, la costo arabi "the German shore on page 50

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 73 - The Pynes o Luve, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
La mia malinconia è tanta e tal on page 43

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
57-1757) cryed Entretiens sur la Pluralité des Mondes (1688)
rrion (1842-1925) in his buik La Pluralitié des mondes habitÃ
2 matches

Widmann, Thomas The State o Denmark, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
LA Liberal Alliance Liberal Alli
15), CaP 34 (-13), U 14 (+2), LA 13 (+4), Alt 9 (+9), CL 8 (-9
D, SL, Alt) an the Blue bloc (LA, Con, Caur, DFP), an i thae t
3 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s linguistic launscape – Scottish Staunart English and Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
the French phrase ‘c’est la vie’ or the German wird ‘
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Smeddum o Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
t tåle’; Swedish ‘att tåla’. The michtie Norse element
1 matches

wee-windaes Whit is Scots?, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2018) Central, prose
ial leid o the royal coort an la.
1 matches

@jack_capener tweeted
@DrMDempster Viva la 'winnae'!(2019)

@jax6754 tweeted
hint! Or maybe bring the ncis la team tae Scotland 4 an episid(2014)

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
anent the rain “Il pleut sur la ville comme il pleure dans ma(2020)
George but i quaisten Madame La Proffeuese's taste in George'(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Neill, Josie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009) Central - Galloway, poetry
‘La petite Reine Ecossaise est la
petite Reine Ecossaise est la plus belle enfante!’
2 matches

West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)