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The word 'shoulders'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
shouldersOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.32113
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 140.7 4 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B 111.9 1 1
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 13.3 3 2
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 35.2 7 3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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) 35.7 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of shoulders in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
He's shoulders high abune them aa. on page 38

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
ir Isle yokes? They make your shoulders look like an elephant's." (Di on page 13

1 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
o awful peedy use withoot ma shoulders. Oh, how A wish A could shut on page 11
meenad, when she found at her shoulders were nowhere till be found: a on page 49
if she were lookan oer their shoulders, at all e jurors were writan on page 105

4 matches

Mid Northern B

@McGoo1888 tweeted
fin wis ace...she wis oan mah shoulders and ah shouted tae her whit p (2021) twitter link

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
the piss, Bobby shrugged his shoulders. Easier said than done, ah sa on page 169

2 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Cantsmell, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2020) Central, prose
r tae school every day an the shoulders are always coatet in it. He s
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
beard coverit his chest. His shoulders were humpit, his een dull. Th on page 90

1 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
He gawks at me and shrugs his shoulders before he begins tae devour t
1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
kin his knuckles n rollin his shoulders. Broonie's mad-wae-it dancin on page 18

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
the terminal, relief drops ma shoulders an ma back unclenches. "Cours on page 3

2 matches

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
s tae Scanlon, who shrugs his shoulders in indifference.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ny.’ he sais lookin oer his shoulders tae somehow illustrate his po
1 matches

Bennett, Peter TA Hauf an a Hauf, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ves an layers a dustin oan ma shoulders an sleeves as they catch and
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ook tae McDade who shrugs his shoulders an hauds his hauns oot in the
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
The three sons shrug their shoulders on page 42

1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Cromie, Willie Doon tha Wal Raa, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2024 ISBN: 978-1739905620) Ulster - Ballywalter, prose
our jaws is yer jaas, An your shoulders they become shoothers Your ar
1 matches

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