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The word 'howpit'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
howpitOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.92310
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 42 4 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 1
DUN - Dundee 42.5 4 1
EDN - Edinburgh 49.6 8 3
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 3.9 3 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)
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 howpit in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
As the visitors howpit their sma G an Ts on page 15

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
ee planet wis near deid. They howpit tae colonise the Yird gin the
1 matches

Aberdeen

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 84 - The Ferlie, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
in up aa his problems as he'd howpit, it haed creaatit a hantle ma on page 76
s haedna gane as weel as he'd howpit. Onywye, he haed an eeran tae on page 77
As he steed in the queue, he howpit he wadna be taen by the maan on page 78

3 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 87 - Andy, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, prose
is airly therties, he was, he howpit, fairly adappable. The fock h on page 30

1 matches

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 76 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
l ma awn efforts. It is ti be howpit that this wul kythe in prent on page 3

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central - Prestwick, prose
hakespeare's awn! It is to be howpit that monie mair sik seilfu ef on page 116

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
bi the mainstream media their howpit-fer clean sweep o aw afore he on page 7
lly the designated hame o the howpit-fer Scottish Pairliament fae on page 58

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
e mak him anither fortune, he howpit. Nou like monie a weelaff man on page 33
t mairriet pretty soon an she howpit that he micht even be at the on page 78

2 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Swallae and Amethyst (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-1-3) Central, prose
t ir blawn ti bittoks, Tittie howpit, bot onie gates the Airtik Si on page 4

1 matches

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
™en mair rowthie as they haed howpit for.
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
a deep braith an assertit, he howpit caumly, that Rongye’s mithe
she thocht, than blushed, an howpit that he wadna notice.
“Ah dinna ken - Ah sort o howpit that if Ah cud get through ta
y, gin she muved wi it, as he howpit she wad, than her wecht wad b
aboot whit tae dae neist. He howpit that speech wad come til him,
6 matches

General Central

Scottish Parliament Scots Leids Bill – Stage 1 Report, (The Scottish Parliament 2024) Central, government
upon them by the Bill. It had howpit tae get a better sense as tae on page 3
Donald Macleod statit that he howpit that the Bill wuid bring graw on page 30

2 matches

McClurg, Fernando Weill, weill, weill, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
there that sum SNP fowk haed howpit it wad be.
1 matches

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