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The word 'yow'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
yowOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus14.84912
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
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 8.9 2 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 24.8 4 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 21.4 2 1
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders) 436 36 4
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 yow in Corpus

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Shetland

MacInnes, Morag Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Shetland, poetry
hoors late, the owld yow pantan an on page 21

1 matches

Mid Northern A

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
Word/s o the month Cowpit Yow, Female sheep which has falle (2020) twitter link

General Northern

Murdoch, Steve Lallans 63 - Poacher, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
the sky. Nae far awa, an auld yow chaad the girse, pyin the loo
deid intae the dairkness. The yow, the birds an the cuddies aa
2 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
clamjamfrie', or 'blate', or 'yow-trummle', on page 222

1 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Traisur Insch (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008) Central, prose
"this is the coy fur me. Heir yow, lathie," he cawed ti the che on page 4

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Dalquharter (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2010 ISBN: 978-0-9559-105-6-2) Central, prose
"A hae pit by this danss fur yow, Quentin," shae sayed, pronun on page 1

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Taid o that Ilk (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2009) Central, prose
– ’ ‘Weill, whitwey did yow no say - ’ ‘Ye mote mynd
n at disna maitter, aither ti yow ir me. A hae nivver
2 matches

Ayrshire

Lehane, Matt Mouse Eat Mouse World, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
we maun bio degrade yow
1 matches

Lehane, Matt Hush Nou, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
div yow ken johnnie peel...
1 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
'Haw, yow" she yowled. 'Geordie! Get me on page 69

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 73 - Historical Lexicography and the Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1700, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
heretage. Tharefore I require yow for Goddis sake as my lorde a on page 19

1 matches

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
r awa tae trouble masel aboot yow: ee'll hae tae manage as best on page 15
Ahlice, "a muckle lassie lik yow," (she micht weil say this), on page 16
only say, "Ah am aulder than yow, an must ken better." An this on page 24
Ah wull prosecute yow - on page 29
Mind, there's herdly room fur yow, an nae room at aw fur ony le on page 35
Also on pages 37, 44, 67, 68, 71, 87, 90, 98, 101, 119, 120, 121
21 matches

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
ll o the Snoot) faither. Mynd yow, A nivver
s ae ‘Bryant an May’ at yow need thar.”
thay wull wullintlie speak wi yow i yer ain tung, gin thay ken
e sayed til the stack, “gin yow hed
fowre legs, A wuid dreive yow awa an aa, alang wi thaim bea
5 matches

@cammyrudkin tweeted
gibb naebody wants ti chat ti yow #blablabla(2012)
@StuMcCulloch al hev yin for yow #tasty(2012)
3 @hornet_2011 sport isni for yow!!!(2012)
rachelnuttella look away e go yow pair, am strippin!!!(2012)
@GregorHepburn @rhiannna__ yow pair get a room(2012)
and 3 other occurrences.

@jamie_ginger tweeted
n ti help the team oot unlike yow #cjcheckouteaston(2012)
@Linsey_xo Yist ti b yow broony.(2017)

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