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The word 'larn'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
larnOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5165
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 16.3 5 2
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) 163.5 1 1
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 188.3 6 1
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 56.2 4 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of larn in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Elphinstone Institute Aiberdeenshire Cooncil – Scots Leid Guidelines, (Aberdeenshire Council 2017) Doric, government
ea far it is made eese o, tae larn tae spik it, if they wid like
arners gran opportunities tae larn aboot Aiberdeenshire an Scotl
wi Doric an get a chaunce tae larn tae spik it, giein them the n
ce a curriculum enthrowe they larn aboot Doric an the value o Do
4 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
she tuik her wee chairges tae larn them their scales an arpeggio
1 matches

West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
An saen they'll larn the les' on on page 36

1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
aw! a wile pile o lessons tae larn! Naw, that's it, A hae made m on page 20
thin-aye tae hae lessons tae larn! Ugh, A wudnae lik that!" on page 35
shae tae hirsel. "Hoo cud yae larn lessons in here? Heth, thur's on page 36
"Yae shud larn naw tae mak personal remarks, on page 68
"A cudnae afford tae larn it," said the Mock Turtle, wi on page 95
Also on pages 96
6 matches

General Ulster

Ni Chuilin, Caral Roadin furtae Bring Forrits an Graith tha ULSTER-SCOTCH Leid, Heirskip an Cultur, (Mannystrie o Fowkgates, Airts an Aisedom 2015) Ulster, government
lstèr-Scotch leid the'll can larn tha weans, furtae mak siccar on page 26
n be daen afore ye stairt tae larn fowk Ulstèr-Scotch as a modr on page 27
ye grist fur yins leukkin tae larn fowk Ulstèr-Scotch leid, hei on page 33

4 matches

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