Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Concordance

The word 'towe'

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Use in varieties of Scots

towe	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	6.3	21	8
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	29.4	9	1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen	10.5	1	1
DOR - General Northern	4.4	1	1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	5.2	2	1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire	42.7	4	1
LAL - General Central	3.9	3	2
SEA - South East (Borders)	12.1	1	1
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)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of towe in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
in the tichtness o the binder towe , fur he'd promised a shottie
ns cud get a gweed skelp at a towe fu o dryin sheets an wallop t
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
gg their boatie. Kieran socht towe tae wipp the tyres tae a puck
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
lift, an wippit its towe roon a tree, syne gaed inno h
wis hard an crined as au auld towe . Fit the sorra wye
ings that furl roon on bits o towe . Let’s gie Winnie the go-by
ippit roon a tree reet like a towe , raise up an hissed..
n... an auld rubber, a daud o towe , a caimb wi hauf
6 matches

Aberdeen

McGregor, Iain Lallans 77 - Farquhar, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
t jist is thay war lowsin the towe fae the herbour waa she minde on page 98

1 matches

General Northern

Reid, Adeline Tales Fae The Doric Side - A Clootie Duff, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
Sikker the corners wi towe, the contraption cooried doon on page 20

1 matches

(South) East Central

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
dunlops, bot hed auld bits o towe fur tyres.
on a towe an the windass suin wheiched
2 matches

Ayrshire

Neill, Willie Lallans 61 - Three Tales frae the Brithers Grimm, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Ayrshire, prose
an fillt it wi corn an pit a towe on it sae it cud be draan up on page 42

4 matches

General Central

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
gin. The duimster slippit the towe on page 49

1 matches

Beckett, Mavis Duncan Lallans 59 - Auntie Aggie, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
r wis nane - jist twa bits o towe hingin frae the ruif an A did on page 118

2 matches

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
heep fermer, whae shei got in towe wi, whan hei wis ae student i
1 matches