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The word 'lochan'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
lochanOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus93012
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 55.6 17 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 9.8 4 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 10.2 2 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 4
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.1 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 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)

Occurrences of lochan in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Mid Northern A

Fairbairn, Jamie The Press and Journal (Inverness, Highlands, and Islands) - Doric Corner, (DC Thomson 2024) Doric - Banff, newspaper
n fae ess is a shimmerin blae lochan ye can dip yer taes in o. A s on page 37

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
Europe; an at its foun wis a lochan, pit-mirk an weirdie.
eidmaist tap o the quarry the lochan seemed nae mair nor a pingle-
at lookit doun tae the quarry lochan. She wis afore aa the lave ta
They aa raced ben the lochan-side tae heist the tyres ooto
r a boatie – the Lady o the Lochan – Far we gaun on the Quarry
15 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
enny heich in the lift in the lochan o
1 matches

(South) East Central

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
Lookin for a well or lochan on page 10
Ae day a Stag at a lochan's brim on page 11

3 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
hed apent the clouse frae the lochan sae
1 matches

Edinburgh

Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
ruistin by a lippin lochan. on page 11

1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
a wee rowin boat oot oan the lochan tae the front ay the buildin.
otherwise calm veneer ay the lochan, McDade dived in, swam beneat
2 matches

General Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
When the lochan breks on page 8

1 matches

Philip, Andrew Lallans 70 - Fower Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, poetry
ss and yon muckle, grey, blin lochan that hingit faur abuin its gr on page 55

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
utter wi a puck on the frozen lochan on page 9

1 matches

Hodgson, Brent Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
the lochan had frozen on page 91

1 matches

South East (Borders)

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
lochan at mirrors the mukkil bens.
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Tindal, Betty Lallans 73 - Mither, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
ely-eggeries, doon bi the wee lochan. on page 58

1 matches

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