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The word 'alloo'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
allooOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus20.86927
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 17.4 3 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 21 2 2
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.3 3 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 32.8 25 7
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 125.5 4 1
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 131.2 2 2
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards) 204.9 4 3
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster 130.1 13 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region) 127.2 7 2

Occurrences of alloo 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.

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Ah'm no tae be alloo'd tae fill his watter dish ag on page 56

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
s, fur a lang time shü widna alloo a TV set in ower da doorstep. on page 5

1 matches

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
nguage as it is eenoo. Dis'll alloo da documentation an descripti on page 10
a linguistic point o view tae alloo fir Shaetlan tae be kent as a on page 20

2 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
"Ma auntie wad niver alloo yon. Traivellers hae a byordn
1 matches

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
r E Scots Language Awaard dis alloo fer ony dialeck o Scots tae b (2021) twitter link

Aberdeen

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 77 - Whaur Gadie Rins, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
fae o corn apiece; but A maun alloo, it was nae less a splore tae on page 55

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 77 - Farquhar, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
"A canna alloo that. Sumbody micht get skait on page 99

1 matches

(South) East Central

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 85 - D.I.Y. Doctor , (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
ther. Alan'd nae recourse bit alloo hessel tae be draggit alang. on page 36

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 75, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
der 2000 shuid be chynged tae alloo a question anent the Scots la
ell bi Mey if thay'r gaun tae alloo the fowk o Scotland thair ain
2 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
self-drives. She decidit tae alloo hersel tae yaise the salary t
n that the Auld People disnae alloo Uighur miners tae gang back h
2 matches

General Central

MacKinnon, Ann Lallans 70 - Five Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, poetry
and kept that way, tae alloo us on page 61

1 matches

Scottish Parliament Scots Leids Bill – Stage 1 Report, (The Scottish Parliament 2024) Central, government
he airts o signeeficance wull alloo a mair jynt-up approach tae b on page 15
ic signeeficance process wull alloo Scots Meenisters tae think th on page 16
conseederin meisures fur tae alloo communities tae propose an ai on page 18
ittee believes that this wull alloo fur mair coherence o policie on page 21
explaint that the proveesions alloo fur staunarts tae be vauried. on page 25
Also on pages 26, 32, 33, 39, 40, 41
16 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
Wullie Wonka, hae decidit tae alloo five bairns - jist five, min on page 23

1 matches

Dornan, Stephen Eemis Stane 1 - Lees an Crams, or Ossian on the Death of Cuchullin, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, poetry
Ah alloo in tha fecht his strang airm on page 22
ye believe ma oul yarn ye'll alloo on page 23

2 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
e the Scottish Government tae alloo wis tae tak on mair staff and
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Smeddum o Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
igh-heid-yins’ micht whiles alloo itsel tae be owerset intae En
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
cht us as wurna ill stood tae alloo thaim as wur poorly tae lie d

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
Alloo me tae introduce the barber s

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
E’en gin we alloo fur some aspecks tae hae aris
1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
ae know better." Alice wudnae alloo this wi'oot knowin what age h on page 25
" Alice went on, "that they'd alloo Dinah tae stap in the hoose i on page 34
Alloo mae tae sell yae a couple?" on page 47
a Cheshire-Cat," said Alice. "Alloo mae tae introduce it." on page 85

4 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Millar, Al Echas frae tha Big Swilly Swally, (Ullans Speakers Association 2023 ISBN: 978-0957666238) Ulster, poetry
Trigs as weel as airms alloo, on page 23

1 matches

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
Whut A alloo?' on page 16

1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
a ye'r telt - maist o ye wud alloo. on page 11
d maun be throughither A maun alloo it Tae pit ma wee bit thochts on page 31

2 matches

Gibson, Darren Oul money, (Ullans Magazine 2013) Ulster, prose
Noo A’ll alloo, as much as A fin aa thaim ou
1 matches

Spence, Laura Tha Thoarn Tree, (Ullans Magazine 2013) Ulster, prose
r an lichtnin masel, A wudnae alloo ’at we’d haed sicna wile
1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Alloo at least a day! on page 43

1 matches

General Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
* Resources shud bae gien tae alloo the Boord o' Ulster-Scotch'es on page 8
translated intae prattick. We alloo fufillin' the four Rs - on page 16
r demonised ir disparaged wul alloo at they thaimsels ir on page 17
an' we alloo thaim tae bae intherdependent on page 20
an' culture. We alloo forebye at hit wul loose the on page 21
Also on pages 26, 34, 37, 45, 54, 55
13 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
tellin hïm, "Tha Laa daesnae alloo ye tae hae hir!" > Herod wud on page 9
ir daein whut tha Laa disnae alloo on tha Sabbath?" on page 78
s an Pharisees, "Daes tha Laa alloo ye tae heal fowk on tha Sabba on page 94
tae cum on aheid, an sayed, "Alloo tha weans tae cum tae me, dï on page 100
worries o thïs life. Dïnnae alloo that day tae faa on yis o a s on page 106

6 matches

Ulster Scots Agency Ulster Scots Census, (census.gov.uk 2021) Ulster, government
ae, we hae made this buik tae alloo ye til fill oot yer Hoosehaud
1 matches

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