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Use in varieties of Scots

losin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words12.2 17 4.5 0 0 20.7 4.4
Number of occurrences3933 3 0 0 2 1
Number of authors18 13 2 2 1

Occurrences of losin 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

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
'Och, so yer worried aboot losin a cuppla daft foties? That's on page 29
y. ' The cunt looks like he's losin patience here. Maybe if ah ke on page 103

2 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
ners ir tied n A follow suit. Losin a trainer kin be deadly. Taz on page 17
printed hud the misfortune ae losin a trainer n trippin on his ar on page 20

2 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
Skuas losin it oan gin, on page 71

1 matches

Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
Ye kin the warst o' losin' a freend tae the sea? Ah/'Il on page 21

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
e the wah. Yince you've hit a losin streak like the yin ah huv, i on page 30
rves tae remind me ae how bad losin her hus become. There's naé on page 62
here's me aw weepy eyed aboot losin ma yin true love, eh? and he on page 75
ughter could heal the pain ae losin Justine. It wis kind ae sad, on page 76
better ae me and the pain ae losin ma yin true love sets oaff th on page 171

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
while her buddie Theresa wis losin them doon sooth an this is ge on page 8
boot hou they were aw feart o losin their pensions an this got an on page 93
arenae commonly ower keen on losin siller jist fer ither buddies on page 139

4 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
, right, makin me hink ah wis losin mah mind. Sometimes he'd whis on page 75

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
losin weight. on page 19
Without losin thi plot or jist on page 39

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
cam clear that the Scots were losin the fecht. Their line broke a on page 15
ortune, an the OIM himsel wis losin siller haun ower fist - he'd on page 52

2 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
Ye're losin aa yer hair!" on page 8
he phone tae the Social aboot losin ma wallet. I micht get a tenn on page 35

2 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
he only time ah ever mind him losin his temper wi Stella Marie wi on page 64
abandoned me. It didnae help losin hur hamemade dinners an aw. T on page 74
He wis losin it. He knew fine well ma Dona on page 79
t the thocht. Nae wonder ah'm losin weicht. on page 82

4 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
rtain shair it isnae worth ye losin aw thae feathers."
1 matches

McKinlay, Kieran Walk Way to Fame, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
p high if we felt low or were losin in ah game. Ah leaped up, sho
1 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
by the time ah arrive. Ah’m losin it wi this fever. Aw ah remem
1 matches

Grae, Emma Billy's Ghost Dug, (liarsleague.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Neville’s no losin this game o tug-o-war oan ma
1 matches

Philips, Cally Wha's feart o' the library?, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Turriff, prose
Katy sees that ah’m losin the will an’ she’s hae’
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ready loast ma son, ah’m no losin you as well.’
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
’ ah sob. ‘’Fuckin been losin it big time, lately’’
1 matches

Doric

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
then jist as seen, losin their flooers on page 3
losin oorselves on page 43

2 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
ss, let’s see fan they start losin (2022) twitter link

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
ore, an she felt that she was losin hur temper. on page 49

1 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
fir thon?) like leids athoot losin orthographie nor ayebidin mar(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
A wus losin weight haun ower fist. on page 58

1 matches

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