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Use in varieties of Scots

shrug Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.3 7.2 4.5 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences1714 3 0 0 0 0
Number of authors12 9 3

Occurrences of shrug in Corpus

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Central

Aitchison, Craig nobody remembers the birdman - Fishin the Mairch, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, poetry
lips, boonds an mairches tae shrug aff. on page 1

1 matches

Haddow, Kris nobody remembers the birdman - The Incomer, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
dream, then wae a wink and a shrug o the shooder tae the van oer on page 80

1 matches

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
tries tae calm me doon but ah shrug him aff, ah need tae teach th on page 7

1 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
sick feelin in ma stomach but shrug it aff. There wis always some on page 30
less. Don't you agree?' We aw shrug n try tae look interested. 'H on page 58

2 matches

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

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
The Lawlords gie an apathetic shrug, on page 145

1 matches

Chalmers, Aimee Lallans 59 - Joukene Poukerie, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
for a meenit, mind. Ye gied a shrug, made a pootie moo, held yer
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
used tae relax back oot o the shrug an she begoud tae trummle.
e gied Beatrice an apologetic shrug an wis awa.
Beatrice gied a wee shrug, which Derriakin cud interpre
3 matches

McClurg, Fernando Scots, the Electoral Commission an the language community, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
ot o sicht, the speakers wull shrug their shooders an no bather a
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando Weill, weill, weill, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
erdeen an Paisely is met wi a shrug o the shooders an, “Aye, th
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando The USA: Whit happened tae the Guid Guys?, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
ae excuse the criminals, or a shrug o the shooders an, “Weill,
1 matches

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Tales Fae The Doric Side - Mabel, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
"Da ken." Ah shrug ma shooders. on page 94

1 matches

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
lug Cwid only raise a gallic shrug An spikkin, weel, that green on page 15

1 matches

Strachan, Shane Beyond the Sea, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Doric, prose
Ye shrug and return tae wydin through
1 matches

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