A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

howks Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.3 2.7 1.6 9.9 0 0 0
Number of occurrences75 1 1 0 0 0
Number of authors7 5 1 1

Occurrences of howks in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
Boggin said, "Whit if the tod howks a hole richt through the brae on page 32

1 matches

Beckett, Mavis Duncan Lallans 59 - Auntie Aggie, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
e. That's wha ye're lyke. She howks fur neets tae on ma heid but, on page 118

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 168, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
kinna airtificial Scots that howks up words that's been tint tae
1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 74 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
in. Afore meetin a body, fowk howks oot whit thay can aboot thaim
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Falconer, Gavin Lallans 81 - Scots an Mid-Ulster Inglish, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
a Norse springheid gin a body howks deep eneuch, is glossed ‘it
1 matches

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
ome vratch o an archaeologist howks me up. on page 51

1 matches

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine WHIT TAE WRITE NOU?, (https://harryjosephine.com/ 2015) Orkney, blog
nguage; writan about language howks intae yir awareness o hid’s
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