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The word 'lyk'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
lykOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.9163
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
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.1 4 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 18.8 3 1
GLA - Glasgow 13.7 3 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 8 6 1
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 lyk in Corpus

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(South) East Central

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
h, ye; ar; gaun; whidder; ye; lyk; it; or; no!” Wi ilk nither
clair as ye lyk. Sae we telt the maister ti l
fash hirsell, bot Staun didna lyk sojers an
Pouers, at didna lyk wie naitiouns at’s crouse o
4 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Taid o that Ilk (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2009) Central, prose
“Wuid ye lyk ti cum owre?” speired the M
, an ye’l can dae it gif ye lyk. Bot ye’d mich bettir no. L
“A fair lyk yer claes, ma frein,” he ob
3 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Intae the Snaw, (Gatehouse Press 2015 ISBN: 978-0992857370) Central, poetry
The dewdraps lyk a pairl! The muin a bowe! on page 28
O! Lyk the dream o spring she cam - on page 31

3 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
gethirt lyk groazirs on page 61
i ae funie lyk wey on page 63
o bane, dirlt lyk derts i ae waa. on page 64
lyk ergan ein on page 65

6 matches

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