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The word 'paw'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
pawOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus15.45030
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 105.5 3 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 13.1 4 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 15.2 6 4
WCE - West Central 13.8 3 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 41 9 4
AYR - Ayrshire 39.3 3 1
LAL - General Central 17.3 13 10
SEA - South East (Borders) 49.9 4 2
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 paw in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
, an feebly stretchan oot wan paw, tryan till touch her. "Poor on page 38
" e Cat sade, wavan ids richt paw roond, "lives a Hatter: an in on page 61

3 matches

Mid Northern A

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ntae her bosie and put ae big paw ontae her cheek as if sayin
and did the same thing wi his paw finiver she graat at that fil
looked here wiz Catty and its paw touchin her cheek like he use
3 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
e the sweetie jar, powkit her paw in, an tuik a neivefu o
1 matches

General Northern

Maitland, Andrew Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Auld Mannie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
dram" Blair pit oot a muckle paw towards the auld man."Am Blai on page 75

1 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - The Bruntie Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
hat wid tak moulds o cat-like paw prints fae the pathways roond
n sign-language, verified the paw marks but regrettit he hadnae
2 matches

(South) East Central

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
ut the Lion jist held oot his paw on page 6

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ht as well pit a ring oan his paw. Wae any luck he'll be somebo on page 153
is in hospital. He sticks his paw oot fur me tae shake when ah on page 176

2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 175, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
is Oor Wullie alang wi Maw an Paw Broon that gied maist o us oo
1 matches

Crawford, Ross At Stake, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
msel tae catch it or at least paw it awa fae the railing. Decla
1 matches

Crawford, Ross At Stake, (productmagazine.co.uk 2022) Central - Stirling, prose
msel tae catch it or at least paw it awa fae the railin. Declan
1 matches

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
finnd that he canna turn his paw til honest wark! Anither yair
1 matches

Steele, Gregor When Scotty said “Scunner”, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Central, poetry
Like ma maw and ma paw and ma grannie.
And his maw’s paw’s gran and her grannie’s
2 matches

Edinburgh

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
d could come and perch on her paw; but the sparraes keepit weel
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
, an feebly stretchin oot its paw, tryin tae touch her. "Puir w on page 40
the Cat said, wavin its right paw, "is the Hatter's hoose: an t on page 63

3 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
oot fur him tae grab. His eld paw comes up wae trepidation. He on page 15
n shakes it hard wae his big paw. The two groups merge. Every on page 22

2 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
r wirk ma wey up like ma auld paw on page 99
It made the toun and kilt yer paw, on page 103

2 matches

Smith, Elaine C. The Glasgow Gruffalo's Wean, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303425) Central - Glasgow, weans
Aw, wait! Whit are thae paw prints in the snow? on page 29
The paw prints went right tae the hoo on page 30

2 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
n, an waikly streitchin oot a paw tae try an touch her. "Puir w on page 39
t said, wi a wave o its richt paw, "bides a Hatter: an ower tha on page 44

3 matches

General Central

Cameron, Peter Lallans 83 - The Twice-fed Cat, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
ye micht get a scart frae his paw. on page 82

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
She's fawin wi her maw and paw on page 132

1 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
ae.' Brock sat doon and pit a paw roond his wee laddie. 'It's a on page 447
elp, noo that he wis lendin a paw. Soon they were hunkerin in a on page 50

2 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
paw-marked ower the flair on page 46

1 matches

Hodgson, Brent Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
a sudden the sickening reason Paw wis changing. I'd been the mu on page 91

1 matches

Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
the right place. Then I see a paw, stickin oot fae under the mu
1 matches

Rennie, Susan Kat an Doug on Planet Fankle, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927459) Central, weans
Paw-phone,’ Doug explained. ‘
videos an dictatin intae his paw-phone.
en appeared on Doug’s richt paw. He shawed it tae Kat. ‘Sax
3 matches

DaibhidC Moa an the tynt sun, (archiveofourown.org 2016) Central, prose
he wouf smile't an liftit his paw. The baw ris.
1 matches

@mcfarlane_irene tweeted
a pleisure! .... Yer Maw and Paw.(2016)

@raiphsays tweeted
a 5! Ye cin see wee Steve’s paw cos he aw helps.. :D https://(2020)

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
y reynard, rabbits fresh they paw on page 15

1 matches

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
, an feebly stretchin oot yin paw, tryin tae touch hur. "Pair w on page 39
h Cat said, wavin eet's richt paw roond, "lives a Hatter: an in on page 63

3 matches

South West (Galloway)

Evie OOR WULLIE’S SEASON’S GREET, (Largs Writers Group 2015) Central - Largs, prose
an aw), and Bill doublt up as Paw and Grandpaw (he hud the audi
1 matches

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