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118 Gowie Finally gowie (meaning chewing gum) is very much a Sunderland, Penshaw and Shiney Row thing (see Figure 7). While chewie was more popular everywhere, it was most likely to be recognised in these parts of Wearside. Once again it was most popular in SR5.Figure 7: Share of people who would use gowie for chewing gum, based on where they currently liveSurvey question: When referring to chewing gum, what would be more natural for you to use?Yer Knar Yer A Proper Townie If... Putting these results together shows that gowie has a particular overlap with chattie. Both are very much Sunderland words, as Figure 8 shows, and if one is popular in a particular postcode district then so is the other.Figure 8: There%u2019s a strong overlap between the use of the words gowie and chattie