Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'bowly'

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Use in varieties of Scots

bowly	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	1.2	4	3
ORK - Orkney
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	4.4	1	1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow	10.2	2	1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	1.3	1	1
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
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of bowly in Corpus

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West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
m up, his faither wull shout 'Bowly'. Ach, ah'm bein on page 118

1 matches

Glasgow

Smith, Elaine C. The Glasgow Gruffalo, (Itchy Coo 2017 ISBN: 978-1785300592) Central - Glasgow, weans
"He's got big bowly legs, an pure hen toes, on page 8
Eez goat big bowly legs an pure hen toes, on page 14

2 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
y. Mr Kranky wis a wee man wi bowly legs and a muckle heid. He wi on page 60

1 matches