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The word 'pownies'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
powniesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.4114
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
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 7.6 3 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 78.6 6 1
LAL - General Central
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) 51.2 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of pownies in Corpus

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Orkney

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
ae me and takk me tae see his pownies in the field roond the side o on page 33

1 matches

(South) East Central

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
thair pownies or the fermers ti platch thro
a beleve the bittie anent the pownies.
thair pownies an reinged abraid wi the caw-
3 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ide awa for a man an his pack-pownies - or twa days frae Cumnock t on page 25
uises in the byre for his twa pownies; lay a new causey atween the on page 27
muirland tracks wi his trusty pownies; an on mony a nicht spent wi on page 33
ard's mare. They shared their pownies for heavy wark, an nou that a on page 57
e or twice a week wi his pack pownies. A quatelike pious man, he ke on page 62

6 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
An dinnae lea oot tha pownies, an brood meers wi foals in h on page 20

1 matches

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