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The word 'laigh'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
laighOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus51610
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 23.7 2 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 4
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 55.6 4 1
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 28.1 2 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region) 18.2 1 1

Occurrences of laigh in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
They takk the laigh road hame
1 matches

Aberdeen

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 67 - Twa poems bi Douglas Kynoch, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Doric, poetry
an e laigh bum-bizzin o e bees: on page 63

1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 82 - Troke, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
e; an he leans forrit an says laigh-in ''Ere was es morning, I ar on page 90

1 matches

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 74 - I Hae A Drame, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Southern, poetry
rae an muntain sall be makkit laigh,
1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 59 - Sanct Hub’s, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
Laigh awa, ablow the poupit an the
1 matches

General Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
verit. Ah happit masel bi the laigh chaulmer. on page 14

1 matches

Johnston, Mary Lallans 73 - Back-Eyn, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
for years we've fleen laigh, caa'ed canny, on page 70

1 matches

McCabe, Mary Lallans 73 - Tap Table, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
In the coontin hooses o the laigh countrie on page 117

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Flittin In, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
n he heard hes mum lauchin. A laigh, couthie soond. ‘Here,’ s
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

@StuartPoet tweeted
@ScotsDictionars Laigh is well yaised athort the kin(2020)
@dgplacenames An acoorse Laigh Fenwick, bottom hauf o the ve(2020)

General Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
eered in the institutions bes laigh. Thaire hasnae bein dedicated on page 60
a the product bes aa sichin a laigh ebb o' forderin hit's importa on page 66

2 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster Scots Agency Ulster Scots Census, (census.gov.uk 2021) Ulster, government
tha like o a bathruim oan tha laigh)?
1 matches

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