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The word 'gowf'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
gowfOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.82612
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
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 30.9 12 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 24.8 4 2
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 7.9 6 4
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.9 2 2
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 gowf in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
gowf baa, an syne he wad gyang fur
1 matches

(South) East Central

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - A Day Weel Spent, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
says he, "A'm no awa tae the gowf wi ye if that's what ye'r 'hi on page 125

5 matches

Fleemin, Sandy A Day Weel Spent, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
says he, "I'm no awà tae the gowf wi ye if that's what ye'r 'hi
nin oot the driechest gemme o gowf in aa history, an I dinna mea
It's no that Airchie canna gowf, but he maun a been gittin fa
haudin for St Andraes for the gowf that mornin. Lade Braes is a
I di'a ken hou I thocht a bit gowf wad..."
5 matches

Muir, Glenn Sport!, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
super star. I wanted tae play gowf like Jack Nicklaus, ride like
. In reality I wis rubbish at gowf and fitba, couldnae box ma wa
2 matches

Edinburgh

Bremner, Stewart Haud Yer Wheesht?, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
elly, or Watt's steam ingine, gowf, the telephone, Adam's econom
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
tter, an aaweys the maisterfu gowf o the tramp. Efter a while, t
ough. There wis an unpleasant gowf an aawhaur a patina o doos’
lat in Edinburgh. There wis a gowf o orange peel, an motes o sto
3 matches

General Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
speak tae them anent brig, an gowf, an politicks, an neckties. A on page 11

1 matches

Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
an elsewhere in the States is gowf coorses that hae names on tha on page 9

3 matches

McCabe, Mary Lallans 73 - Soond shift, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
serk in a pollin station wi a gowf stick, a ballot kist cowpin i on page 49

1 matches

@DABArbuckle tweeted
ince Andrew only went tae the gowf in Ireland because he heard t(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Nuhin is Certain, Except, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
tal thunderstorm wae hail lik gowf baws and flash floods in Koso
1 matches

McDonald, Hamish The Girnin Gates - Chapter 12, (Itchy Coo 2003) Central, prose
Campsie Fells. We went past a gowf course an ther wis a loch doo
1 matches

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