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The word 'fowerteen'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
fowerteenOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus16.65528
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 42.5 13 4
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 12.2 5 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 42.5 4 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 42.7 4 2
LAL - General Central 23.6 18 10
SEA - South East (Borders) 25 2 2
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) 65.6 1 1
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards) 51.2 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region) 54.5 3 1

Occurrences of fowerteen in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
for eis. He musta been deein fowerteen knots an showen nay seyn's a on page 48
i problim. Eisboatie wis jist fowerteen fit so ther wisna muckle room on page 51

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
wirkit full time since Ah wis fowerteen-ear-aul. Ah'v peyed weel enuc on page 9
rt. "A dug can live fir aboot fowerteen ear. You'll git a hoose o yer on page 62
Ah wisna aiven the lenth o fowerteen-ear-aul fin ess affa thing ha on page 65

3 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
e ca e Messiah. Sae there wis fowerteen ations fae Abraham tae Daavit on page 7

3 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
at simmer, finiver he turned fowerteen, an gaen tae wirk at Steenhil
o a loon, at yon glekit age o fowerteen, nae man nae bairn, a halflin
'He's jist fowerteen, min, ye'll kill him. Fit's a
twa year aulder than Minnie, fowerteen year auld. Steenhillock wis h
edin ony o them again. He wis fowerteen year auld, o an age fin his p
5 matches

General Northern

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
" She wes tyaavin awaa nou wi fowerteen pair at eence, an Ailice cwid on page 71

1 matches

Storrie Lewis, Jean Lallans 71 - Snuffy, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Doric, prose
y left the schuil whan he wis fowerteen year auld but fine he kent fo
1 matches

(South) East Central

McDowell, Diane Drummond (Ma's Bairns), (Independently Published 2021 ISBN: 979-8592734588) Central, prose
teen haed bin bad eneuch, but fowerteen wis obviously gaun tae raise on page 1

2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 102, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
ds atween Scotland an England fowerteen times in its lang an bluidy h
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 76, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
Alice Thompson wis amang the fowerteen fowk that wis awairdit the fi
ower a nummer o weeks. The'r fowerteen o thaim or the noo an the spe
2 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
as tall asthe gun he wis only fowerteen an thig wis hin first ivver j on page 38
echteen years - since he wis fowerteen - Toshie nou began tae pray on page 42
his pal Wee Tam, six feet an fowerteen stone, on on page 57
Twa o them were sentenced tae fowerteen years in the penal colony o A on page 128

4 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ere short - tae tramp ten or fowerteen lang miles an foregether as a on page 35
e - an that they had in tow, fowerteen bound prisoners an a meeniste on page 36
a sturdy hauflin-lad gaun on fowerteen year-auld. Sae wi God's bless on page 63

3 matches

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
ukit in Gawston for the furst fowerteen year o ma life, an that mair on page 23

1 matches

General Central

Connelly, Kevin Lallans 102 - Epiphany and Doun the Pit, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, poetry
An fowerteen year syne the day on page 50

1 matches

Dareau, Mareau Lallans 59 - The Dictionar o the Aulder Scottis Leid (DOST), (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
ut it is in Scots, in Ayr, in fowerteen hunder an fifty twae-thre. It on page 59

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
ne grown-ups and five bairns, fowerteen in aw. Sae ye can imagine tha on page 71

1 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
'Fowerteen,' said Pooh. 'Come in. Fowert on page 34
said a fond fareweel tae his fowerteen pots o on page 35
wunnerin yince mair if it wis fowerteen or fufteen, the Search for To on page 44

7 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
tae skift stanes. Like maist fowerteen-year-aulds, she wis richt-hau on page 2
rit," Violet said. "I'm anely fowerteen." on page 100

2 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
Thirteen, fowerteen, on page 35

1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 67 - William Motherwell (1797 - 1836), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
eterature fae bairnheid an at fowerteen year auld he ditit "Jeanie Mo on page 69

1 matches

Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation, (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
GMPE) is available the noo in fowerteen fae the therty-twa education
1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
ma faither had demanded that fowerteen Athenian lads an lasses be se
1 matches

Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Fankle, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927459) Central, weans
‘Astrostravaig Thirteen Fowerteen: Planet Fankle.’ Kat wis ga
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando Weill, weill, weill, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
is pairliament leukin back on fowerteen year i pooer, wi – wha kens
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
At fowerteen Ah mairrit Ma Lord Fou.
1 matches

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
wur fowerteen ‘ear auld, sae at hei cuid
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Scott, Hamish Eemis Stane 1 - Fields o Stanes, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
re whan he left the schuil at fowerteen year auld. He wis content ene on page 21

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
fir his brither at fowerteen - on page 68

1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Drennan, William Yin Tae A Hunner, (Ullans Press 2004) Ulster, poetry
There’s thirteen, fowerteen an fifteen
1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
Bak in Fowerteen, tae fecht agin Hame Rule. on page 1

1 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
That made fowerteen genèrations ïn aa frae Abra on page 1

3 matches

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