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The word 'howdie'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
howdieOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.3119
ORK - Orkney 39.7 4 3
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
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.4 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 2
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) 131.2 2 1
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 howdie in Corpus

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Orkney

Garson, Sheila Gallows Ha - Maggie o Quoys, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
A howdie wife. on page 12

1 matches

Butler, Vera Gallows Ha - Maggie o Quoys and Bessie o Gyre , (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
wan except Mrs Linklater, the howdie wife, the only wan. Will l go on page 21

1 matches

Orkney Voices Group Gallows Ha, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
ould been her great granny, a howdie wife, or her next door neebou on page 34

1 matches

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
A howdie wife. on page 75

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
antit ta gying fur Jessie, da howdie at delivered aa da bairns abo on page 33

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
ey wid baptise him Willie The howdie lookin somewhat ruefae on page 15

1 matches

(South) East Central

McFarlane, Ishbel Does Scotland compare weil wi ither places fir wee bairnies?, (The National 2019) Central, newspaper
the wey ma ancestors did. Twa howdie wifes, the bairnie’s faithe
1 matches

General Central

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
An whin the howdie haundit me ma braw bit bairns on page 16

1 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
s o her namesake Grannie. The howdie wife wis juist caain back her
1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
The howdie on page 31
Girnin an boakin in the howdie's airms. on page 51

2 matches

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