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The word 'lokk'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
lokkOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.9162
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 87.2 15 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of lokk in Corpus

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Orkney

Facebook link (Orkney Reevlers 2021) Orkney
oond the corner noo. I mind a lokk o 'ears ago I wundered if "he

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
nin, just worn oot. Dey wir a lokk a TB among dem too. Nae antib on page 7
bairn is gane troo. Shü's a lokk mair reserved as da boys, an on page 10
Dey wir a lokk mair said on baith sides an w on page 23
very day. He seemed tae buy a lokk a stuff fae da shop nixt door on page 38
s been gude ta wirk fur, so a lokk a da men wis been dere maist on page 40
Also on pages 42, 49, 55, 60, 62, 72, 74, 77
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