A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'allowin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
allowinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus2.897
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 9.2 2 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 13.7 3 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) 65.7 2 2
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of allowin in Corpus

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West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
lot tae answer fur, she said, Allowin that wee lassie tae carry on on page 76

1 matches

Clark, Thomas A Scots Pairlament?, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Bellshill, blog
he voiceless voiceless that's allowin aw these ither things tae hap
1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger Challengin' Times, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
tae slow at a moderate pace, allowin’ lots’ o’ room atween b
1 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
o much, no tae induce a rant, allowin us tae dig deeper in'ae this on page 3

3 matches

General Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
er tae May Isle, wund an tide allowin. Forby, Bridie kent aboot hai on page 11

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
heuks bae thair tassel cords, allowin the sun tae branch ower the f on page 47

1 matches

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Mair heidstanes A'm allowin, on page 23

1 matches

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