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Use in varieties of Scots

owe Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.8 9 1.6 0 0 0 26.5
Number of occurrences2417 1 0 0 0 6
Number of authors13 9 1 3

Occurrences of owe 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.

Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
ificant distinguishing merks, owe much tae the pronunciation ae on page vi

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
e remind yae tae: "You fuckin owe me." on page 40
"We did it, baby! And you owe me ma hole when ah git back!" on page 113
you, Aldo' Craigy says, "You owe Dougie an apology." on page 134
needs tae hear this fae me ah owe him that at least. on page 157

4 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
he whimplin esk spleutered aw owe, Miss 'Trunchbull's muckle bo on page 160

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
eh think that you owe me, on page 48

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
past six. Hanks, she said, Ah owe yi wan. Jist hurry up an gimm on page 31

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
me, I'm oot o messages an ye owe me a tenner." on page 39
"Noo ye owe me a tenner," Hughie grinned. on page 44
so it did. Thirty-four quid I owe ye." on page 45

3 matches

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
id Eurystheus. "Mind ye still owe me three trauchles. Ah'm no l on page 42

1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
xpendable. You get me whit ye owe me, then we’ll talk. You ru
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Flemings o’ Dalnoid, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
it she meant! Sae many skiers owe a lot tae the kindness o' thi
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Music, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Oh! How much we owe tae thee!
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
But up here? yae pey what yae owe, right?’’
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
ld paws ae death. Efteraw, ah owe it tae Bruce tae keep a level
1 matches

Doric

Maitland, Andrew Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Auld Mannie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
u're a good loon. Honestly, I owe ye een..." on page 75

1 matches

Ulster

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
saed, 'You pye me bak whut ye owe me!' His fella sarvint faad d on page 9
a furst yin: 'Hoo much dae ye owe tha maistèr?' 'A hunnèr bar on page 97

3 matches

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
ha dinner, fur tha wee dug. A owe it tae hur, fur A wud nivver on page 19

1 matches

Bennett, Hazel Tha Near Cut, (Ullans Magazine 2001) Ulster, prose
braid grin haed spreed richt owe Conor’s neb. Dot haed thoch
ha blek Morris Minor trinnled owe tha braes, tha wee smirk on G
2 matches

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