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The word 'pouers'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
pouersOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus11.23617
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 17.9 7 3
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee 85 8 1
EDN - Edinburgh 12.6 2 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 13.4 10 8
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 70.3 5 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of pouers in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
o the face o the idol fin its pouers war brocht tae life. The een
1 matches

General Northern

Murdoch, Steve Lallans 63 - A keik at the Swedish game o bandy, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
atween the Norlan Protestant Pouers an the Hapsburg Holy Roman Em
nnin o the war for the Norlan Pouers. In the Swedish airmy at yon
2 matches

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
Michael Scot and his secret pouers Steired up the continent. on page 7

2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 108, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
n o the Corporate Body's unco pouers o logic, hou lang's it gaunna
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
Pouers, at didna lyk wie naitiouns a
gat a clair dinnil at unco pouers wes sekin ti fess thaim
pheisik, fur the salutiffere pouers o the sauch rin wes weill ken
3 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 142, (self-published 2005) Central, newspaper
a time when aw the eximperial pouers o Europe wis paranoid anent
1 matches

West Central

Campbell, Karen Gie it laldy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Glasgow, blog
folk o Scotland whit they new pouers, thon new fiscal settlement w
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
he aff. Ane o them is hou the pouers that be in Scotland - oor ai on page 16
tae Westminster, een tho the pouers that be in England hae aye ac on page 42
reland. An the ither European pouers, wha dinnae subscribe tae the on page 56
that the pouers that be in London want tae hi on page 128
far awa fae whaur thae 'pouers that be' bide, is important t on page 129
Also on pages 146
7 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
ere that feart o the supposed pouers o witches that aw reason cuid on page 97

1 matches

Edinburgh

Smith, Jamie The dingin doun o devolution, (Mak Forrit 2020) Central - Edinburgh, blog
ces. Dingin doun Scotland’s pouers (mebbe even the Pairlament it
1 matches

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
guid character and undeemous pouers o wark. Efter the horse cam M
1 matches

General Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
Leamed doun on us wi meestic pouers, on page 64

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
s o chairacter and by-ordinar pouers o wark. Efter the horses came on page 6

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Wi ma wee waes Thy muckle pouers on page 60

1 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
Ye pouers o deith! Ye gods ablow, on page 18
Dinna fecht the Pouers-That-Be! on page 21

2 matches

Falconer, Gavin Lallans 63 - Richt Scots an Pithy Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
anither releegion, or gin the pouers that be haed latten a wheen l
1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
the same gait as the colonial pouers o the day. The first Scot tae
oot, an a can that the weirin pouers haed come tae ettle at, stert
2 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Three days in October, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
n it makkit ma hert lowp! The pouers that ken aboot sic things say
1 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
nyin fermentations o the merk pouers frae Neer tae Hogmanay. An gi(2020)

General Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
Pouers an' Resources on page 6
ster-Scots commissioner whase pouers ir gyely airted aa Ulster-Sco on page 14
re, gien at hit hasnae eneugh pouers ir resources tae dae sae. The on page 17

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