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The word 'shivers'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
shiversOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.81613
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
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 8.9 2 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 2
DUN - Dundee 31.9 3 2
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 15.1 3 2
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 3.9 3 3
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 shivers in Corpus

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General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Sweetie Pie, ye gie me i' shivers on page 170

2 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
auld it wid gee an Eskimo the shivers. Aw ah kin focus oan is the t on page 13

1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ure excitet an ah kept gettin shivers doon ma back. Ah ran home fae on page 35

1 matches

Sutherland, Hope Twa sisters, een room, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Buckie, prose
heir feer o. Somin thit sends shivers doon yir spine fan you see it
1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
wid send shivers up yir spine, on page 98
thirs nae shivers up an doon meh spine, on page 99

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
ter hou ye dresst, ye get the shivers. It had been baq eneuch whan on page 64

1 matches

Glasgow

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
Mrs Casey rubs her arms and shivers. She's iways cauld. She reach on page 22

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
p again an FUCK YE! Wir awly. Shivers. on page 3

2 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ower her body - an the cauld shivers left her. She smiled her gent on page 43

1 matches

General Central

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
sic a place. Ah wuld hae the shivers bidin oan thon rock.' An Cyri on page 14

1 matches

Facebook link (Changed Times Historical Novel By Ethyl Smith 2022) Central
A MARK AS GIES YE THE SHIVERS

@MartinBroon tweeted
tenin’ tae yer comments sent shivers doon My spine??. Pal, yer alr(2020)

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Sent shivers doon ma spine on page 44

1 matches

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