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Use in varieties of Scots

lke Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.5 8.7 9 0 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences2417 6 0 0 0 1
Number of authors9 5 3 1

Occurrences of lke 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.

Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
ught tae hersel. "Efter a faw lke this, takin a heider doon the on page 9
"How come yer ecat's grinning lke that?" on page 59
wee breidsnapper wis snortin lke a steam-engine when she eaugh on page 61
e wid seem tae be'-or if ye'd lke tae pit it mair simply-'Never on page 90

4 matches

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
k o rules for fauldin folk up lke telescopes: this time she fan on page 12
y wis lyin on tap o the table lke afore, "an things are waur th on page 19
Alison didnae lke the wey she said that, an tho on page 44

8 matches

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
e. Ye see bairns dinnae think lke that, they jist think oO' whi on page 31

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ext week, sir. That's whit ah lke tae hear, he said, an then he on page 25
right enough cause ah didnae lke the way it wis slevverin aw o on page 169

2 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
"They lke haycorns,' said Pooh, 'sae th on page 23
is Wantin tae Coont Things - lke Roo's semmits and hoo mony da on page 55

2 matches

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
d yer horses. Ah ken ye dinna lke ma spakkin wi ma moo fu." on page 22
an composed fin the place wis lke the hethoose it the Duthie Pa on page 42

2 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
I say fit like. Fit like fit lke on page 147

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
e beed tae get yokit swippert-lke, it's gettin as mirk as it ca on page 62
wein up!" Ailice said taivert-lke. on page 80
e Lion gomed at Ailice wabbit-lke. "Are ye animal-or vegetable- on page 99

3 matches

Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
coorse it wus pit in the vice lke, on page 8

1 matches

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