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The word 'budge'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
budgeOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.61210
ORK - Orkney
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
NEC - North East Central 91.7 2 2
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 3
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 28.4 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of budge in Corpus

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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
s you did dan), Aandrew widna budge. He felt he hedd ta kerry on on page 77

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North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
r ontae the grund no able tae budge but completely unhermed. Herc on page 15

1 matches

Heather, Alistair Tak tent o the Cabrach, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
community a boost. He wadnae budge. Then three o the best o the
1 matches

(South) East Central

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
r tried, the coat jist widnae budge. on page 28

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Glesgy Screwdriver, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
he big auld hinges but cuidna budge thaim ava. on page 96

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Lallans 62 - The Numpty, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
She didna budge.
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
"Ah wish ye'd budge up a wee bit," said the Dormo on page 109

1 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
Geordie didna budge. on page 9

2 matches

Rennie, Susan The Muckle Michty Neep, (self-published 2021) Central, poetry
‘It winna budge! Weel fancy that!’
1 matches

@raiphsays tweeted
n aw folk’s way, refusin tae budge. Good we aw jus drive aroon h(2020)

General Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
But he cudnae get it tae budge. "A toul ye" said oor fella c on page 8

1 matches

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