Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'loom'

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Use in varieties of Scots

loom	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	6.3	21	12
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
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	21	2	1
DOR - General Northern	4.4	1	1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	5.2	2	2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee	21.2	2	1
EDN - Edinburgh	6.2	1	1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	9.2	7	3
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)	116.3	2	1
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)	142.8	4	2
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of loom in Corpus

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Aberdeen

Lawrie, Alistair Northwords Now 45 - The Win, (Northwords Now 2024) Doric - Peterhead, prose
through the darkness came the loom o a bourrach o well lit bunga
w but aye wi that queer green loom till’t that flickert an gar
2 matches

General Northern

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
@FaeFoggie Fruit o the Loom asweel min. Quality cloth lik(2020)

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
ies wey gets ootside never ti loom through faur remembraunce on page 26

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
A'll loom oot o the mirk like mad,
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
aged tae get jobs at the hand-loom weavin, which wis whit maist on page 62
s man, an turnit tae the hand-loom weavin tae earn a crust. He'd on page 111

2 matches

Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 81 - Fower Australian Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Dollar, poetry
clackin the loom tae win thir breid. on page 18

1 matches

General Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
the weavin shed, an windit a loom o spears wi bluidy entrails. on page 14

1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
een. Afore sittin doon at her loom , she pit on her bronze helmet
o the rainbow daunced aff her loom . As she wove, she minded stor
d the clackin o Philomela’s loom . As she luiked at the edges o
an ettled tae haud ontae her loom , but Athena’s pooer wis owe
re Arachne’s claith aff her loom an rived it intae taivers, th
5 matches

Facebook link (Changed Times Historical Novel By Ethyl Smith 2022) Central
altho the man hud been at his loom at the time o the offence. Pa

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Millar, Al Echas frae tha Big Swilly Swally, (Ullans Speakers Association 2023 ISBN: 978-0957666238) Ulster, poetry
tic art; Wha scrieved awee on loom-side log Wi furious hairt. La on page 30
An fervent wish. "For next my loom my ink-pot stans, My shuttle on page 59

2 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
m James Madonal warkin at tha loom - mebbe ye hae mine o it? on page 8

3 matches

Lyttle, A. G. Yarns 3 - Lastin Memorial, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - Bangor, prose
hile back an A’m werkin his loom noo an managing tae git by, b
1 matches