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The word 'gowlin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
gowlinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.7156
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 46.5 8 3
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 18.8 3 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 94.2 3 1
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 gowlin in Corpus

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Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
sae weel micht shö say it), "gowlin an better gowlin laek dis! Wh on page 17
mair paecifeed noo, tho still gowlin a grain noo an dan, "we guid on page 95
a air, mixed up wi da far awa gowlin o da poor Mock Turtle. on page 125

4 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
"What's yun silly aald bugger gowlin fur at his age. A grown man g on page 14

2 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
Shö wis greetin an gowlin whinivver shö tocht on on page 66
at cam ta be da ceety o gowlin on page 97

2 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
. He heard the barkin an fowk gowlin at the baists tae be quate. H
nly burst oot intae singin an gowlin yince they were oot o her str
d thaim again. Mair barkin an gowlin. He wisna able for tae shak t
3 matches

General Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
It isnae luve, but a gowlin mooth - on page 48

1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
lock o thim gathert roon hir, gowlin, in a mixt up road, "Prizes! on page 27
an tuk aff stampin aboot, an gowlin "Aff wi haes heid!" or "Aff w on page 83
gyin wi the ither players, an gowlin "Aff wi haes heid!" or "Aff w on page 92

3 matches

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