A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

loving Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.4 5.1 18.1 19.9 17.4 20.7 4.4
Number of occurrences3010 12 2 3 2 1
Number of authors18 7 4 2 2 2 1

Occurrences of loving in Corpus

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Central

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
dinged doon by the elements, loving stramash on page 8

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
te his name wi a message. "In loving memory o Hamish. Gone tae a b on page 68

1 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Maitland Quarto and Poem 49, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2021) Central, prose
w [peerless virtue]’ and ‘loving kyndness’ are descrievit as
1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Here’s the Weather, (Scottish Poetry Library 2017) Central, poetry
dinged doon by the elements, loving stramash
1 matches

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
e amazing the night Sandra ?? loving them ?(2020) search twitter

@jax6754 tweeted
Loving that a mindful day also bring(2016) search twitter

@SusiBriggs1 tweeted
ter Guid tae read this news x loving the purple hat!! ?? ??(2018) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@gazzah01 loving reading both these tweets - (2020) twitter link
@RogueCoder250 am sure she is loving the likes and retweets - wil (2020) twitter link
@WeAreScottishFB loving this - be defiant guys - yo (2020) twitter link

Doric

Wilkie, Dave , (Facebook 2022) Doric, poetry
‘Loving you ‘
Loving you
It’s loving you
Loving you
I will aye wis be loving you.
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@sovereigndaisy tweeted
t feedback from the Quines - loving your beuk! ????????????????(2019) search twitter

@DoricPhrases tweeted
submitted new Doric wirdies: loving fits afore ye winna ging bye (2014) search twitter
Loving the Doric banners in the Bloo(2015) search twitter
al paperweights, ornaments or loving keepsake. https://t.co/MZWWSy(2017) search twitter
Loving the Doric signs in Peterhead (2017) search twitter

@cligeey tweeted
@dpke1983 Bargain loving brits min(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
They aal lukk'd fur 'fun-loving females' and they'd aal falle on page 42

1 matches

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
A loving home wi me mither an fither on page 42

1 matches

Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
oothes my soul ?????? I am so loving seein Shetlands coast turn bl(2019) search twitter
Loving da laverock geein it laldy :-(2015) search twitter

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
s shos in we no issues and is loving it. On da idder hand? I’m de (2019) twitter link

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Then through time, and loving care on page 35

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@StuartPoet tweeted
NicolaSturgeon weel kennt for loving her books. Watch the post Nic(2020) search twitter

Ulster

@MarkThompStuff tweeted
h Broons items. The seller is loving Belfast and “disnae want tae(2019) search twitter