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The word 'pooers'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
pooersOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.42713
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
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
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 12 9 6
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 88.3 1 1
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster 154.6 11 2
SYN - Synthetic (no region) 54.5 3 1

Occurrences of pooers in Corpus

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Orkney

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
ore calmly. ‘Voldemort haed pooers Ah’ll nivver hiv.’
1 matches

West Central

Davidson, Alistair The Mitterand Plan, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
intra haes failed: capitalist pooers come thegither tae blockade a
1 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
e o us,' she said, 'hae magic pooers that can thraw the craiturs o on page 10
Did I no tell ye I had magic pooers? Did I no warn ye I had warlo on page 50

2 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 59 - Review Folksongs and Folklore of South Uist, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
the belief in their uncannie pooers that maist fowk had lang syne on page 62

1 matches

Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation, (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
ication o Gaelic plans. There pooers unner the 2005 Act thit regul
uestions wis speirt aboot the pooers thit Bòrd na Gàidhlig hae f
elic wi the maist appropriate pooers for the heezin up o Gaelic. T
3 matches

Corbett, John Lallans 70 - Owersettins o Modren Drama intae Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ncessions to the owdience’s pooers o processin. Een sae, on the
1 matches

Mackintosh, Henrietta A Tale o Twa Leids: Gaelic, Scots an smoorin wi luve, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
possessed o mystical romantic pooers or couthy hameliness. An we o
1 matches

Ewen, Allan Pairt twa: Janus leuks aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
forcin the devolution o mair pooers tae Scotland or even the aban
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Adamson, Donald Northwords Now 43 - Donald Adamson, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2022) Central, poetry
an the pooers that hale us efter thaim on page 28

1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
The pooers on page 15

1 matches

General Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
Pooers an' Resources 25 on page 3
Pooers an' Resources on page 25
hae legal text settin oot the pooers o' the ect. The penel dusnae on page 26

10 matches

@the_gellick tweeted
a superhero o their ain. What pooers would an #UlsterScots "superm (2014) twitter link

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
an get his wusdom an miraclis pooers frae?" the' axt. °° "Is thà on page 9

3 matches

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