A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'le'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
leOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus196127
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
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 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 18.8 3 2
GLA - Glasgow 10.9 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire 340.7 26 2
LAL - General Central 22.7 17 10
SEA - South East (Borders) 25 2 1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 88.3 1 1
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards) 102.5 2 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of le in Corpus

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Orkney

@peediepuss tweeted
I wis very sad tae hear she'd le(2020)

Shetland

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
esellin dem fur stupid money. Le sigh. Just wanted a bright cu (2020) twitter link

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Bravehert: The truth anent William Wallace (pairt 1), (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
act. ‘A thief namit William Le Waleys’ brakkit intae a hoo
1 matches

(South) East Central

Le Marie, Nicole nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Last Day At East Wemyss, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, poetry
Nicole Le Marie LAST DAY AT EAST WEMYSS on page 87

1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
tuff for all the teams that r le (2020) twitter link

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
an hooses an stuff that said LE CHAT-E-A-U an LA MAISON under on page 19

1 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Mumbo Jumbo, (Litro magazine 2006) Central, prose
an hooses an stuff that said LE CHAT-E-A-U an LA MAISON under
1 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Traivells wi a Cuddie i the Cevennes (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-5-1) Central, prose
ielaun glen fiftene myll frae Le Puy, a wared aroun a moneth o on page 1
; an efter repetit veisits ti Le Puy, an a guid bittie cadgie on page 3

2 matches

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
'N' mange pas le neige jaune'!
1 matches

Glasgow

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
This le'es ye wi juist the wan on page 41

1 matches

Eunson, Catherine Freude, (The Scores 2020) Central, poetry
for the hale faimlie tae see Le Tapis
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
rt on whether or no she shuid le face doun like the three gair on page 44

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
hed. 'Uncle Tammas, ye'll hae le stop prayin on yer knees an w on page 25

1 matches

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

General Central

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
vated thon 'I'm an eidiot' rôle. Indeed she fair flang hersel on page 26
inti playin the antrin wee rôle whiles. Frae the stert, tho, on page 28

3 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
red times worse than the scar le by a benign tumour oan Dad's on page 86

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 58 - Gairm review, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
: "...an Tharmoid a luaidh, a Leòdhasach na galla, yon big te on page 126

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
. It wis the Frainchman Urban Le Verrier that jaloused the mau
Galle fund Neptune jist whaur Le Verrier's calculs reckont it
2 matches

Tait, John M Lallans 62 - Expository Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
go doon the shoap for a boa’le o Chardonnay.’ Apairt frae
ntral ‘shoap’ an ‘boa’le’ as ‘Glesca’) siccan ma
like ‘shoap’ an ‘boa’le’ as a characteristic Scots
3 matches

Falconer, Gavin Lallans 63 - Richt Scots an Pithy Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
her is the endless search for le mot juste. In the maist extre
1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
wark o the Frainchman Bernard le Bovier (1657-1757) cryed Entr
1 matches

Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
iz Lochhead’s re-imaginin o Le Misanthrope as Miseryguts str
1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 59 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central, newspaper
tunes) wis statit ti be frae Le Testament, whaurby it wis fra
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Smeddum o Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
navian leids: Danish ‘at tåle’; Norwegian ‘at tåle’;
’; Norwegian ‘at tåle’; Swedish ‘att tåla’.
2 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
a tae bide awa We are awa tae le'e ye We are awa tae bide awa (2020)

South East (Borders)

Purdie, David C. Lallans 90 - Le Vin de Mon Pays, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Southern, poetry
Le Vin de Mon Pays on page 7

2 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Le'sure fills tha richman pooket on page 31

1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
is dinnae fancie gan roon tae Le Wunters an haein a wee dance, on page 23
eens wus sittin at tha bar in Le Wunters an haein quare crack on page 24

2 matches

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