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The word 'sowels'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
sowelsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.92921
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
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 13.3 3 1
NEC - North East Central 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 10.1 4 4
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 2
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 15.9 12 8
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
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) 51.2 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of sowels in Corpus

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Orkney

Hollinrake, Fran Flett Assipattle and the Mester Stoorworm, (Orkney Heritage Society 2010) Orkney, poetry
Wi monsters, brave sowels, scary pairts, and mebbe waar
1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
Sylvia, Peter an David. Poor sowels dey hedd mony a hertbrakk afo on page 11

1 matches

General Northern

Blackhall, Sheena The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Dother o the Sea, (Itchy Coo 2020) Doric, weans
the carline. "Bit humans hae sowels. Fin they dee, their sowels g on page 120

3 matches

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Whaur we cam fae: the Pechts, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
pit the fear o God intae puir sowels bidin in the lea o the Roman
1 matches

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
Forby, gin their sowels werenae burthened bi the crim on page 23

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Glesgy Screwdriver, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
back ti lord it ower the puir sowels that wis tyauvin thair yet at on page 95

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
ie frae the flaik-staun. Puir sowels,
1 matches

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
lable locally. The richt puir sowels that there were tended tae be
1 matches

West Central

Clark, Thomas A Scots Pairlament?, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Bellshill, blog
iv tae mean onythin. The puir sowels! They had that much gaun on,
1 matches

Kay, Billy Time for Reflection, (archive2021.parliament.scot 2022) Central, government
, but fur aw the sels, aw the sowels, aw the brither an sister Sco
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
lie, an jist aboot aw the pul sowels that try tae pass themsels af on page 36

1 matches

Glasgow

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
The trees wha haud wir sowels in thair on page 11

1 matches

General Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
Yon sowels lost, vainishin staurns, on page 2

1 matches

Philip, Andrew Lallans 70 - Fower Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, poetry
Yon wis the unco mine o sowels. on page 55

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
an tae tell yese this, ma wee sowels," on page 8

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
intae oor sowels tae shine a licht on page 20

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 59 - A Mass In Scots For Saint Andrae, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
The sowels o the guid fowk are in the ha on page 97

3 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
aun be as mony as 22 trillion sowels! We micht crack a smile nooad
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Than an nou — poverty, makkin dae, an leukin oot for ilk ither, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
wi hert brakkin sichts. Puir sowels wi naewhaur tae bide nor lay
1 matches

Donati, Colin Universal Declaration o Human Richts, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Central, government
vent o a warld whaur aw human sowels
Aw human sowels is born free and equal in dig
2 matches

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
re were ten o thum, an th wee sowels came birlin merrily alang, ha on page 78

1 matches

South West (Galloway)

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
bonnie. The Covenanters! Pair sowels an they makkit certain Scotla on page 45

1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Spence, Laura Tha Thoarn Tree, (Ullans Magazine 2013) Ulster, prose
an apen muir empie laik thur sowels. Aa wus lown an misslie. Theâ
1 matches

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