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The word 'pownie'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
pownieOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.12610
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 11.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 12.8 5 3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 144.2 11 1
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 1
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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) 102.5 2 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of pownie in Corpus

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Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 84 - Jamie’s Day Oot, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
s aa ower the place, an nae a pownie in sicht. Fit's the warld com on page 42

1 matches

General Northern

Storrie Lewis, Jean Lallans 71 - Snuffy, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Doric, prose
dreamin like, imaginin aa the pownie trains laden wi casks makkin
1 matches

(South) East Central

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
A haed a little pownie,
A winna lend ma pownie mair,
A wadna lend ma pownie mair,
3 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
ls ti the pictur, ilkane on a pownie, convoyin thair faither. Than
1 matches

Holton, Brian Lallans 71 - O Niver ti Dree Corruption Mair, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
aggie on the cairt an the wee pownie steppin awa quietlike atween
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
juist b-bring it ower on the pownie tae Blackside the day afore. on page 24
roaqd, They wad hae ta'en his pownie as weel, but when he slipped on page 34
irtit the enemy troops on his pownie as they left Strathaven an ga on page 36
mfort. Wi nae wey oot for his pownie tred, he wis aye there tae fe on page 43
t back her sister Jean on the pownie. By the time he won hame, Isa on page 44
Also on pages 57, 59, 76
11 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
e, the Stirks, the Sheep, the Pownie and the auld Mither-goat on page 59
He gied some tae his gray pownie, Nip-nebs... on page 66
ran ower tae Geordie's muckle pownie, Nip-nebs, and lowped on tae on page 71

4 matches

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
e subjecks. Hei aince hed the pownie an
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Curran, Doug Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
the sturdy piebald pownie on page 15

1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
a wheels, an tha pechin o tha pownie, on page 5

2 matches

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