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Use in varieties of Scots

lochs Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.6 10.1 3 19.9 40.7 0 0
Number of occurrences3120 2 2 7 0 0
Number of authors25 16 2 2 5

Occurrences of lochs 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

Robertson, James Naebody'd Seen Him, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
ds lay a warld: widds, burns, lochs, hills. Beasts and birds. Cit on page 17

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Niven, Liz Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central, poetry
bens, lochs an singin folk, on page 3

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Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
makkin lochs amang the launs. on page 35
ce, wir straths an glens, wir lochs an braes, wir pride in sang a on page 77

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Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
dit, Langships tae Scotland's lochs. Nae feche Ah refusit, on page 14

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Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
t. Pee stoaps, fags, views ay lochs, stories aboot places names - on page 3

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
thi lochs on page 86

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Forde, Iain W D Chronikil o Scotland (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-3-7) Central, prose
s wes a kintra divyded bi sie lochs sae mukkil bits o the jurnay on page 43
rl wes ablo the mirk wattir o lochs an stanks, no in the lift abu on page 44

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Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Wide lochs an straths, laich park an shi on page 63

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Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
the deepest lochs, the heichest cairns - on page 19

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Adamson, Donald Bield, (Tapsalteerie 2021) Central - Dumfries, poetry
quate the lochs and burns. on page 14

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Eagle, Andy Lallans 67 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
ng wi burns, watters, rivers, lochs, widlands an forrests is at w on page 65

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
ubmarines at the Haly an Gare Lochs, wi thae ugsome Polaris an Tr on page 110

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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 58 - The Sang o the Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
sangs. His ain sangs like The Lochs o the Tay an Watedoo are fu o on page 77

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Hodgson, Brent Lallans 59 - Eleiven Quad Bike Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
An shaddas on derk lochs set fre on page 114

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Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
agin the land and hydrocarbon lochs aw gaits. Here the rain faws
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Muir, Glenn Al Fresco, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
is gave us a choice o various Lochs tae fish in. Loch Lubnaig mai
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Havery, Hannah The Gaithering, (Literature Alliance Scotland 2022) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
in the sea, the lochs, the local pool
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Doric

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
Rocks, caves, lochs, muirlan dens an shades o dai
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@glenlivetloon tweeted
u do appear in fair few other lochs...(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
wis castles made o bannos and lochs o home brewed ale on page 91

1 matches

Miller, Alison The Point o Tinsal, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Orkney, poetry
the fields an hills, the lochs, glims i the land,
1 matches

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
an peerie lochs fill wi watter. on page 37
Lochs 'll fill up, an wells lipper on page 55

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I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
laek De'r paece, De'r lochs, De'r a dratsi inna da gairde on page 87

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De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
Wi mist brunt aff, lochs bejewel da hills, on page 36
smoots alang bi glansin lochs on page 40

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Johnson, Laureen Moarnin Ida Kames, (Shetland For Wirds 2007) Shetland, poetry
linkit up at lochs,
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@helenmoncrieff tweeted
ie) would wait in streams and lochs to lure humans. When folk wou(2019) search twitter

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