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The word 'lol'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
lolOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4811,60515
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 16.3 5 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 3832.3 1572 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 9.2 7 4
SEA - South East (Borders) 157.5 13 2
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.9 2 1
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) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster 56.9 2 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of lol in Corpus

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North Northern B (Caithness)

@JamesAmcvean tweeted
egian Ye dinna hae covid then lol (2021) twitter link

Mid Northern A

Facebook link ( 2012) Doric - Buckie
tak Buckie oot o the quinne...lol..

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Lol, aye, neist tae Brigadoon! ht(2017)
Lol, aye! https://t.co/LLmTtVRZYi(2017)
Lol! Reid! https://t.co/f0mpY8ZgN(2018)
Lol! Nae chunce! https://t.co/bmY(2019)

General Northern

@daleser23 tweeted
ew7 aye hes looked it inite. #lol(2013)

@JoanHenry7 tweeted
your wye intae the bedroom - lol for a translation - well not (2014) twitter link

(South) East Central

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
nocked oot in the first roond lol (2021) twitter link
FattusPrickus gaun yersel hen lol (2020) twitter link
lled off all over the country lol (2021) twitter link
la surgeon - i cant remember lol (2021) twitter link
tion - nudge nudge wink wink lol b oan the arnie! (2021) twitter link
and 1512 other occurrences.

General Central

@jack_capener tweeted
ian murray tae lose his seat lol(2019)

@jax6754 tweeted
listen in just a little bit. LOL! xxx(2017)
....now are you following me? LOL!??. Still quite a wee newbie (2018)

@iainnicol tweeted
@andrew_graeme Lol nae chance. Laird Davidson is(2020)
@orton_adrian @heraldscotland lol. I know the fringe ain't on b(2020)

@changed_days tweeted
@AVK1972 Lol, u made a point and a made an (2021) twitter link
hin? Been mangled for a while lol. Happy New year pal! (2022) twitter link

South East (Borders)

@jamie_ginger tweeted
id “look a hev ma band on”. Lol ?????(2019)

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
dae me of ahm in ma deathbed! Lol ??(2020)
ty question! Solve ma problem lol ??(2020)
m quite unsure o’ Wales!? ?? lol(2020)
ge ane in the left bottom! ?? lol(2020)
and? If sae, ye lucky bugger! Lol https://t.co/YSQpthNKSr(2020)
and 7 other occurrences.

South West (Galloway)

@StuartPoet tweeted
cot @scotgov Aye a richt pair lol. Braw choices fir baith pairt(2020)
@dgplacenames Lol cannae beat a guid heugh! The(2020)

East Antrim (Larne)

@Angelinekking tweeted
@RooIrvine @AntiqueRoadTrip LOL! Do they say "never cast a cl(2019)

General Ulster

@TheFarrierPhil tweeted
ople would walk miles to play lol. Then they'd have music too, (2021) twitter link
@CeeferCrafts Lol??????! To be fair I wasnea fa(2021)