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howp Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words50.6 69.4 22.6 0 0 113.7 4.4
Number of occurrences162135 15 0 0 11 1
Number of authors51 43 6 6 1

Occurrences of howp in Corpus

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Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 76 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
Curn on the Scots Leid. Lat's howp aw gangs weill ... for Scotla on page 3

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Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
pairls lowpit aff the neck o howp! on page 2
has cast-aff howp an dwinnelt oot. on page 6
Merks in his een... "Ah howp there's nae mair rain.' on page 100

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Crichton, Tam Lallans 84 - Ower the Faem Pairt Twa: Doon the Watter, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
'I howp ye get sum better rhymes nor on page 57

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Clark, Thomas Intae the Snaw, (Gatehouse Press 2015 ISBN: 978-0992857370) Central, poetry
An unchancy hobbles, but howp hae ah nane. on page 36
Howp it willna wilt. on page 45

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Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
essman jaloused there wis nae howp o bein left in peace. on page 47

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McGregor, Iain Lallans 90 - Sally, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
'A howp yer richt for here it comes!' on page 63

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McGregor, Iain Lallans 87 - The Neep Lantern, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Central, prose
e sprauchle unner the weer an howp A didnae fankle masel. on page 22

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
t, douce an wyce. (Aiverie) A howp that he wun til the Heiven. on page 46

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Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
sterts aff gien me the fause howp on page 14
fu' o howp on page 27
Ah howp tae fuck Ah leeve tae see tha on page 38
in eternal howp the ither will return on page 41

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Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
in ma spang, howp in ma hert, on page 36
aa ma howp in their twin licht smoorit n on page 40
your howp in me is nocht. on page 43

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
e looks tae the future, an ma howp is that a wheen o the argieme on page 16
ot A ken fine that A shuidnae howp that awbody grees wi me it wu on page 20
n deserve, better, an cin but howp that an independent Scotland on page 39
adin dwam. It his lang been a howp o mine that an independent Sc on page 81
ack oor independence, A truly howp we cin be an example fer the on page 82
Also on pages 91, 108, 129, 130, 149
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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
were driven near gyte wi the howp o great profits. By the time on page 33

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 81 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Prestwick, newspaper
state o be-in bloutert. Lat's howp we haena aw been thare! In 'A on page 5

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
- 'Only wi haurd wirk can ye howp tae bear the gree!' on page 126
Souchs in yer lug 'Howp nae tae bide fir aye.' on page 149

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Wi mortar made o howp that micht or main, canna for on page 17
Is the strenth o howp and we hiv seen on page 143
Needin howp but nae flittin no, nae flits on page 153

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
nd pit ma ain messages awa. I howp youse bairns will come ower s on page 43
e, and he felt a wee tingle o howp. Onywhaur wid be better than on page 61
, it wis the maist they could howp for. Violet, Klaus, and Sunny on page 69
ere a bank robber - though I howp ye arenae = ye micht gang roo on page 114
feelin in his hert as aw the howp ran oot o him. It really look on page 132

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McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - Five sonnets o Cecco Angiolieri (1250-1319), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
e waur ye flyte, the brichter howp ye gie. on page 45

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Neill, Willie Lallans 61 - Three Tales frae the Brithers Grimm, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Ayrshire, prose
rie times cam on for thaim. I howp they'll shuin stairt for you on page 42

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Douglas, Ashley Eemis Stane 1 - Editorial: Scots Belangs Tae Awbodie And Naebodie, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
at makkit the first issue. We howp ye're as prood o it as we are on page 4

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Hershaw, William Eemis Stane 1 - The Laverock’s Nest, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
ad hae tae muive it aside and howp for the best. The rest was up on page 18

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Liddell, Faith Eemis Stane 1 - Ghaist Yairn, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, poetry
In howp he'd hirsle back; on page 20

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Gilliland, Sam Lallans 82 - Tecumseh, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
In the knotless howp o fendin allanerly thair aunc on page 87

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central - Prestwick, prose
ht's Dream' gies us grund for howp tae, in sae ferr as it is no on page 116

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Hershaw, William Lallans 59 - A Mass In Scots For Saint Andrae, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
their howp was fouthie wi immortalitie, on page 97

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
, wul be gien skowth here. We howp forby ti gang forrit wi on page 7
ns an keppit me up-ti-date. A howp at ye enjey on page 10

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McCabe, Alan Lallans 73 - Whan the wind blaws, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
Whan aw howp is tint on page 46

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McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
lka plack an bodle, wi deil a howp o e'er winnin out an awa, bin on page 127

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Law, John Lallans 56 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
We micht howp for research in education, ti on page 4

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Eagle, Andy Lallans 56 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
hat flee stick tae the waa! A howp this rin o airticles is o uis on page 15

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Philip, George Lallans 56 - Scotsoun Thereanent, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
hir thochts anent Fergusson I howp will mak ilka reader tak anit on page 46

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - The Cream Cookie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Midlothian, prose
iller.' quo Cherlie, 'I juist howp the bus trip fund's aa richt. on page 60

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 82 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Prestwick, prose
us that it's no a pyne ithout howp. Wi 'The Gowden Boat', Rab Wi on page 7

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 168, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
guages an ignores Scots, whit howp daes indigenous Scots speaker
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 167, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
it wis a kinna brekthrou an A howp it'll gie me courage tae try
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 178, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
kes nor gentry either." Let's howp things haes chynged thae days
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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 74 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
ent, an ongaun at haes brocht howp an weill-hertitness ti sae mo
Alex’s lug, sae lat’s aw howp he’l mak things happen for
ti kythe on the channel’. A howp Mr. Russel herkens.
id guidance, at we can anelie howp the Scots leid communitie tak
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Watt, George T. Lallans 74 - Januar 19th, 2009, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
an howp gaes us aw a glent.
yowkit tae false howp.
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
ht aye be some owersichts. We howp that we will suin be able tae
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS nummer 109, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
ir place, then Scots haes nae howp. It's the consait o Scots Tun
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 111, (self-published 2003) Central, newspaper
that she haed gien thaim some howp for the weird o the Scots lei
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Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
hae thair wone. Hir midmest howp wes shae cuid finnd thaim ir
yte nummers o fowk cam ower i howp. The eftirins wes
anerlie howp. Thai dovered ower juist as t
, juist as Mirren hed gied up howp, frae the howe o the transeis
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Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
10 (a byordnar seegnal). The howp is that some day, no faur aff
an prayed aw the mair in the howp that the starn wad dwyne an n
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Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
Howp liftit its heid, no juist for
rou that day in a feerich, wi howp an ettle daein a dance the ti
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
in Labour government wis gien howp tae wirkin cless fowk, een th
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Clark, Thomas Mindin on Willie McIlvanney, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Bellshill, blog
nd, Willie spak o his renewed howp in the creed o independence,
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Clark, Thomas Tae Kathleen Jamie, an ither Scots Scrievers, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Bellshill, blog
the Scots spikkers ah ken, ah howp Kathleen Jamie finds a reason
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Clark, Thomas Wha's Like Us?, (Bella Caledonia 2017) Central - Bellshill, blog
Votin, for aw these fowk we howp we're naethin like, is an act
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Capener, Jack No Guid Eneuch, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central, blog
lness. Gey few folk cuid e'er howp tae yaise Scots in offeicial
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Clark, Sara Scot Free -The Psychic Cost O Uisin Scots, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
An ah howp mair universities will suin f
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Clark, Sara Indyref 2: Aulder, Wiser, Kinder, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
cotland efter aw. It gied her howp.
h'll be up for again. Rage an howp, joy an pyne, feelins as raw
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Smith, Jamie The dingin doun o devolution, (Mak Forrit 2020) Central - Edinburgh, blog
tae hear it — oor only real howp o bein able tae chairt oor ai
mal, self-governing nation. I howp we get tae mak that choice af
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Thoumire, Elizabeth Kintrae livin, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
tariums in Switzerland in the howp that breathin the pure muntai
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Thoumire, Elizabeth Makkin a muckle o a mickle, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
I can anely howp it disnae happen.
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Thoumire, Elizabeth Than an nou — poverty, makkin dae, an leukin oot for ilk ither, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
drap o milk intae the cup an howp the dairy wife didnae find oo
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Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
w in luve wi a lassie I canna howp tae win,” he sighed. “Aph
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Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Fankle, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927459) Central, weans
m jist explorin yer room, I howp ye dinna mind.’
‘I howp ma maw an dad dinna think I
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 116, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
is a real loup forrit. We noo howp an aw that the third pairt o
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
raicent mainstream policy. We howp that, in the oncome, projecks
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 175, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
tae a dialogue, that's whit I howp Migraasje haes duin."
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
e braidest chairm, athoot, Ah howp, makin it soond artifeecial.
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Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - Bellin the Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Ormiston, prose
n onything he’d ever daured howp.
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Lehane, Matt Tuim Tattie, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
ministry’s o howp
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Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
s oot. ‘Ye dinna imagine, I howp, that we pigs is daein this i
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
as weill say she’d gien up howp o gaun hame. She cudna dae th
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Seth-Smith, Niki Chynge o sum kind is comin either wey, but a vote tae leave wad empooer Europe’s faur richt, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
ss ruinage an waste o life an howp caused at the haunds o the EU
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Davidson, Alistair The Mitterand Plan, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
end tae austerity, oor ainlie howp is an international muivement
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McClurg, Fernando Scots, the Electoral Commission an the language community, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
bein aboot Scots. I certainly howp that this winna be the lest t
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Ewen, Allan Review: Saltire: Invasioun, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
in Inglis, an the publishers howp tae bring oot a Scots version
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McClurg, Fernando Syriza, an the road aheid, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
tish politics as deeply as we howp Syriza can noo dae i Greece.
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Ewen, Allan Pairt Ane: Janus leuks back, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
indaes, the cautious growth o howp efter the vote itsel… At an
especially frae the RIC, an I howp that this wull continue i the
thir things properly – an I howp i the new year tae screive an
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McClurg, Fernando The USA: Whit happened tae the Guid Guys?, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
nity, an that community tynes howp i the capacity or wullinness
is ayeweys mair tae say, an I howp tae come back tae sum o thir
thaim clearly noo as weill, I howp that they can haud their lead
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 102, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
e his position may mortal man howp to move a sumph.
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 75, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
the Hoose o Commons that thay howp tae can tell bi Mey if thay'r
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 86, (self-published 2001) Central, newspaper
ring in aw the guid things we howp for wirsels an wir ain an lat
that micht can help. We juist howp they bide weel clear o BBC Sc
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Kirk Jn, Albert A Fickle Nae Mair, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
An syne, fou o howp,
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@Cobradile94 tweeted
ttend tae the #SLawards but A howp iveryb'dy haes a smashin time(2019) search twitter
A howp iveryb'dy haed a smashin time(2019) search twitter
y tae the Lallans magazine, A howp thay'll pit it in!(2019) search twitter
A howp iverb'dy haes a smash Obaida (2019) search twitter

@jack_capener tweeted
e moment fir Scots, but A hae howp thit the SNP micht stert takk(2018) search twitter
e'er rax warkin in academia A howp tae gar mair o wir wirds 'a(2018) search twitter

@IshbelMcF tweeted
e bairnie's hauf o this ruim. Howp youse aw enjoyed seein the na(2020) search twitter
@Historic_Ally Howp yer thrivin, Ally! A'm daein (2018) search twitter

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
atch on Sunday. morn;s morn I howp tae get masel tae the allotme(2020) search twitter

Doric

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
r an clype a fowkloric mell o howp an hallucination in time o pe on page 3

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Christie, Hilary Lallans 78 - Ma Freens in Chains, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric, poetry
Wi their wire o howp on page 74

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McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
Your drouth's slockent nou, I howp?" said the Queen. on page 34
they aa thocht in a chore (I howp ye winnerstaan fit thinkin in on page 38
"I howp ye're nae ower sair forfochen on page 51
"I howp ye dinna trou at aat's rael t on page 58
ishclouts an coal-backets. "I howp ye're a braa hann at proggin on page 60
Also on pages 69, 73
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Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 83 - The Umman, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
t her, which, as ye ken, or A howp ye ken, A nivver did. There
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McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Loch Skeen, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
ht see mair?” sayed Trev in howp.
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@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
@Historic_Ally Tak a howp twa-three times ilky day. (2020) twitter link

Southern

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
Souchs in yer lug 'Howp nae tae bide fir aye.' on page 216

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 74 - I Hae A Drame, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Southern, poetry
This is oor howp.
a stane o howp.
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Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
Men howp ti leeve a hunder year.
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Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
e same agane sinsyne. Whit ae howp, whit
k o Heiven. Lat’s devalna i howp, an grip ticht til Gud’s he
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Stevenson, Gerda Kilmeny, (Scottish Language Center 2021) Southern - Scottish Borders, prose
thert tae caiver words o tuim howp.
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@StuartPoet tweeted
o's ye can read it aaricht Ah howp https://t.co/V2TVAH2OTj(2020) search twitter
gress tae sneck! As guid but. Howp yer weel.(2020) search twitter
dae youse a recordin o somat? Howp youse are aa weel.(2020) search twitter
wird tae hoy aboot thir days! Howp yer caain awa fine ser.(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Smyth, Anne I Corinthians 13, (Ullans Magazine 2012) Ulster, prose
e o thaim bides oan — feth, howp an luive; bot still an withal
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