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The word 'laeks'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
laeksOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.4185
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 104.6 18 5
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of laeks in Corpus

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Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
"Whitever du laeks," said da Flunkey, an startit on page 58
"Caa it whit du laeks," said da Cat. "Is du playin on page 65
m, he can kiss my haand if he laeks." on page 86
An da laeks o a shark he will skyimp an d on page 105

4 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
a brave man at wid a tried da laeks a dat wi Jessie," he laached. on page 4
gyings on aboot. An I ken he laeks me too, he aye dances wi me.' on page 19
"See, he really laeks you," said Gemma, "Can I brin on page 31
lt dee nae gude wid come a da laeks a wis settin wir kep at da la on page 33
n live ipo benefits, while da laeks a dee an me is hedd ta wirk f on page 43
Also on pages 62, 91
7 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
In maist languages you say da laeks on page 85
English wid be da laeks o it turns out that X is Y: on page 86
laeks o yun polar questions abün, on page 90

3 matches

Williamson, Christie Slainte Bard, (damagnifyingless.wordpress.com 2014) Shetland, poetry
as brunt as du laeks
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Back tae trowie schul, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
ls standin aawye tae catch da laeks.”
1 matches

Watt, Valerie A skoit trowe da shops, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
eenie wid be blyde o dis. She laeks tae lie in da bath. An she la
tae lie in da bath. An she laeks naethin better dan da waft o
2 matches

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