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The word 'shoulder'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
shoulderOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.82614
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 70.3 2 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.2 2 1
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 65.3 13 6
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
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) 98.5 3 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of shoulder in Corpus

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Orkney

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
axed oot an patted her on the shoulder. ‘I ken … I ken …’ he
1 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
till rest her chin on Alice's shoulder, an id wis an uncomfortable, on page 86
arp peedy chin intill Alice's shoulder as she added, "an e moral o a on page 87

2 matches

General Northern

@beast_afc tweeted
e Glasgow hivin a chip on yer shoulder... an lashins oh fake tan....(2020)

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
two best pals who offer me a shoulder tae bubble oan. It is on page 78

1 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
ma duties. By leanin oor his shoulder and playin the part ae his pe
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
d. When ah pit ma airm on his shoulder ah jist aboot faintet cause a on page 26

1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
shoulder meh days git calder. on page 98
nly now when eh look ower meh shoulder on page 99

2 matches

Edinburgh

grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
™s bleached head buried in ma shoulder, feelin’ him mouth at ma ne
1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
A feel a bottle burst over ma shoulder. Ma face is aw blood n wan ae on page 43
t fur Sin it connects wae his shoulder. He's screamin n hits the dec on page 45

3 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
n ay thum in between animated shoulder thrusts and squeezes. on page 3

3 matches

Kennedy, Julie Ma Mum and William Wordsworth, (Howkin Words Press 2024 ISBN: 978-1399988971) Central, prose
ays gien me a wee dunt oan ma shoulder when he walks past me back in on page 20

1 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
h mah breath, Ah look oer mah shoulder an see mah uncle. He slows do on page 176

1 matches

Smith, Elaine C. The Glasgow Gruffalo's Wean, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303425) Central - Glasgow, weans
e gigantic, an oan tap ae his shoulder on page 27

1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
be walkin by. Oer McDade’s shoulder Stevie McShane mimes flickin
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ade an pullin him back by his shoulder.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
!’ a voice comes fae oer ma shoulder. ‘Aye, it’s you ah’m ta
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part one of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ully flickin her hair oer her shoulder an rollin oan tae her back. A
1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
Tippa rippa rapper on my shoulder on page 49

3 matches

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