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Use in varieties of Scots

bowie Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.1 2.1 7.5 9.9 0 20.7 4.4
Number of occurrences134 5 1 0 2 1
Number of authors8 2 3 1 1 1

Occurrences of bowie in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Sara Indyref 2: Aulder, Wiser, Kinder, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
ically sick when ah saw David Bowie askin Scotland tae 'stay' as
o tae lea him? Ah luved David Bowie. An ah felt betrayed bi him.
2 matches

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
ae last swallie frae the beer bowie ben the scullery, and stoiter
oot and yirdit, and the beer bowie in the scullery wis staved in
2 matches

Doric

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
on ye'll come on a chiel wi a bowie o watter, folla him till e ho on page 116

1 matches

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
Franklin, Marvin Gaye, David Bowie, Prince an Elton John. on page 6

1 matches

@cligeey tweeted
GaryR @AndrewBowie_MP Blocker Bowie Idealism nae realism(2020) search twitter
@Ali_Leith Yon Bowie boy wid be better wee a pail (2020) search twitter
Bowie weers make up https://t.co/Gi(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
BOWIE bored intae his fore-erm on page 12

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Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
Bowie the ferrier, it Borth’ickbr
caulf frae Meadshaw. Mr.Bowie, ane o the Hawick blacksmiths
2 matches

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Prince, Princess Leia an Bowie's deid! on page 40

1 matches

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