A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

nudge Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words25.8 40.4 3.2 0 0 21.9 0
Number of occurrences8076 2 0 0 2 0
Number of authors11 8 2 1

Occurrences of nudge in Corpus

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Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2003 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
t nonsense.' Ah gie him a wee nudge tae the ribs tae let him know on page 10
beside Dolly an gie her a wee nudge. on page 16

2 matches

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
oot o' puff, efter his final nudge. on page 28

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
upped up the shoe wi wink and nudge on page 8

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
n her fae Adam, likes. So, ah nudge, Sal. on page 174

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
Ah believe yi, she said, pure nudge-nudge wink-wink, That's what on page 169

2 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
Ah nudge David wi ma elbow and gesture on page 8

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
(run), hizzy (hussy), nidge (nudge), wird (word), wirk (work [ve
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ord in the right direction - nudge nudge wink wink lol b oan the (2021) twitter link
- av got awe angles covered nudge nudge wink wink! (2021) twitter link
ae b in obamas place there - nudge nudge wink wink lol (2020) twitter link
v a celebration n a trophy - nudge nudge wink wink! (2021) twitter link
wis aff ma work fir a week - nudge nudge wink wink lol (2020) twitter link
and 29 other occurrences.

Doric

Lawrie, Alistair Caw, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2020) Doric - Stonehaven, prose
get till Mooney gies me a wee nudge an says, “Ah’ll tak the h
1 matches

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
y, they're both in neuks that nudge into the North sea, seen very (2020) twitter link

Southern

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
! Tommel opp, ma braw lassie! Nudge wink ????????????????????????(2020) search twitter
assie. a’ll dae that fur ye! Nudge wink... https://t.co/aYTP4rzr(2020) search twitter