A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'lo'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
loOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus17.55625
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 52.3 16 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 17.7 4 4
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 25.6 10 5
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 16 12 6
SEA - South East (Borders) 49.9 4 3
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.8 2 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
SYN - Synthetic (no region) 90.8 5 1

Occurrences of lo in Corpus

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Orkney

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
a peedie story aboot it and, lo and behold, I won. To date th on page 14

1 matches

Mid Northern A

@DoricPhrases tweeted
been tae Aberdeen an fell in lo'e wi Brig o Don an wrote song(2016)
Ah lo'e that wifie has circled in r(2017)
Valentine nicht wi the ae ye lo'e an if ye cannae be wi aat l(2018)
I lo'e it fin it dings doon kis pl(2018)
Ah lo'e it fin ma quine guans aff w(2018)
and 8 other occurrences.

@FaeFoggie tweeted
deen Nae idea. I'm a fu' noo. Lo'ed I fact at I twa chefs teac(2019)

General Northern

Wood, Evelyn Tales Fae The Doric Side - Carlo, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
Better lo'ed ye canna be, on page 28

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
ae his biler suit pooches an, lo an behold oot came
1 matches

TheChielMeister Nae mince in Moray, (youtube.com 2008) Doric, poetry
Rummel aboot, high and lo
1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
shown roon Cormack Park, but lo and behold, Hibs sneak in off (2022) twitter link

(South) East Central

Fleemin, Sandy Shudder at the Niffer, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
(verb, whiles spelt "loe" or "lo'e" in traditional texts). A l
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS nummer 109, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
ids in Scotland, as in Joseph Lo Bianco's veesion o a multilit
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Ye lo'ed me mair than ma desert.
The swellin buds we lo'e the best,
Refreshin weel-lo'ed Scottish scenes
Maist lo'ed in aw the warld's regard -
4 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 175, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
on for me the name o ane much lo'ed blinn poet that performs h
1 matches

Muir, Glenn The Truth Will Out, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
an. Weel she had the wean and lo and behold Jack Riley wis jis
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
s kin poo a few strings there lo (2020) twitter link
n swally in ma ain wee bubble lo (2020) twitter link

West Central

Hodgart, John A Catalogue o Sair Neglect, (Bella Calledonia 2016) Central - North Ayrshire, blog
An then lo an behold, afore the turn of
1 matches

Ayrshire

Wallace, Lorna A Scot’s Lament fur her American Fellows (Oan their election of a tangerine gabshite walloper)., (lornalouwriting.wordpress.com 2016) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
Yet lo, ye votit (michty me!)
1 matches

General Central

Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
dyin German at the time, an I lo'ed the fact at the Scots shaw on page 6

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Flittin In, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
veelage o Lochgarland (cried Lo’gairlan’) whit, in maugre
thit Coalhoose wis awfy alike Lo’gairlan’. A straiglin mai
haim wi the stourie streets o Lo’gairlan’, he jaloosed aw
3 matches

Watt, George T. Lallans 74 - Distempered, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
in truth hailhertedly A’d lo her,
1 matches

Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
Professor Joseph Lo Bianco, hauds that a country
10. Professor Lo Bianco is o the belief that:
11. Professor Lo Bianco’s report5
3 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Kintrae livin, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
sits tae him an ma auntie. We loʼed their hoose wi its twin r
a richt slaister, but hou ah loʼed daein it!
2 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Makkin a muckle o a mickle, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
n mony hooses, I jalouse mair lo’ed an better kent than oor
1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
the photie Ah saw wis really lo-res.(2020)

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Lo and behold, throughoot the ye on page 42

1 matches

Purves, David Lallans 67 - The Incomparable Li Po (701-762), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
that fills Lo Ceitie. on page 34

1 matches

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
that fills Lo Ceitie.
1 matches

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
lo-an-behaud it gaed strecht til
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - No In-gleesh, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
uhin else aff et the dug, and lo and behold, the bugger only g
1 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Where Dae Ye Catch the Bus Tae Sarajevo?, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
pulls up tae oor stance, and lo and behold, it has SARAJEVO o
1 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
thïnkin aboot aa thïs, whan lo an behoul, an angel o tha Loa on page 1
the' set aff on thair wye, an lo an behoul, tha starn the' hae on page 2
weel as hïs follaers. ° An lo an behoul, thair wus thïs wu on page 9
An lo an behol, as the' went thair on page 99

5 matches

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