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The word 'houaniver'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
houaniverOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus19.9669
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
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 91.7 2 1
SEC - (South) East Central 2.4 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 77.5 59 4
SEA - South East (Borders)
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)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of houaniver in Corpus

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Shetland

Tait, John M Lallans 60 - The Three Hooses, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Shetland, weans
wis juist the Wast wing left. Houaniver, thaim that bade in it wis th
1 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Manson, John Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Doric - Dumfries, poetry
wad dee there on a Fuirsday. Houaniver, be deed on Guid Friday on page 125

1 matches

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Bravehert: The truth anent William Wallace (pairt 1), (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
Houaniver, Wallace’s connections wi n
n nae bein leal tae Scotland. Houaniver we’r telt bi the soorces th
2 matches

(South) East Central

Clark, Sara Indyref 2: Aulder, Wiser, Kinder, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
is a staple diet o the media, houaniver, there's wan thing we can aw
1 matches

Ayrshire

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
Houaniver jist a few years later cam th on page 23

1 matches

General Central

Scottish Parliament Scots Leids Bill – Stage 1 Report, (The Scottish Parliament 2024) Central, government
The Committee maks note, houaniver, that it wuid hae been helpfu on page 3
Bill's ettlins wis laudable. Houaniver, they stresst- on page 4
, read and screive in Gaelic, houaniver, the census disnae meisure le on page 6
The Committee maks note, houaniver, that stakehauders is leukin on page 7
Quaistens wis brocht up, houaniver, as tae whit 'offeecial statu on page 8
Also on pages 9, 13, 14, 16, 18, 19, 22, 23, 25, 27, 31, 32, 33, 34, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 45, 47, 49, 50, 52, 55, 56, 58, 59, 61, 63
54 matches

Tait, John M Lallans 62 - Expository Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
pellin, grammar an vocabular. Houaniver, sin the examples I’v gien
1 matches

Tait, John M Lallans 63 - Expository Scots (2), (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
elling and grammar (p. 9).’ Houaniver, maist modren Scots enthusias
Houaniver, writers at follaes formal En
2 matches

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
wi’t, houaniver, an knypit doggitly on, an we
1 matches

wee-windaes Whit is Scots?, (wee-windaes.nls.uk 2018) Central, prose
rough and uncouth brogue’). Houaniver Scots bade wi us in everyday
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Scott, Hamish Eemis Stane 1 - Fields o Stanes, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
esence or no o naitral licht. Houaniver, Jeems haudit the kintra life on page 21

1 matches

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