A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

hug Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words11.9 17 3 0 11.6 0 4.4
Number of occurrences3833 2 0 2 0 1
Number of authors23 19 2 1 1

Occurrences of hug in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
close at haun tae haud an tae hug, tae cry in for his meat; or on page 55

1 matches

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
| GIT YERSEU' A HUG | Dae ye ken thit a twenty se on page

4 matches

Cunningham, Lucy nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Swedish Fish, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, prose
e and tried tae gie him a wee hug. on page 40
s probably going tae gie me a hug it wis that good. A wis fair on page 42

2 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
We share a tender kiss and a hug. Then she addresses suttin th on page 84

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ent fae me, ah gied her a big hug anaw. on page 42

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
old sitchin. Ah gie hur a big hug and tell hur it's perfect. on page 38
group. Ah resist the urge tae hug Harry. Ah cannae look like a on page 51

2 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
' said Pooh, efter he'd had a hug aff Christopher Robin, and he on page 13
Wee Grumphie cam up and had a hug wi Christopher Robin, and exp on page 30

2 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
an arm across the table fur a hug before sittin doon in Isla's on page 11
ny hugs me. It's a standin-up hug that lasts longer than any ot on page 35
ooped me up and gave me a big hug. on page 40

4 matches

Gilmour, Rosie Ma Schuil, (Scots Hoose 2014) Central, weans
y cannae fix ye they gie ya a hug
1 matches

Macdonald, Amy Evelynn and Peter, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Ayr, prose
e. Ah reach out to give her a hug, but she remains still wi a l
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
h reluctantly accept the bear hug he’s goat me in, patting hi
1 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
gie ma eyeteeth tae gie ye a hug richt noo.”
1 matches

Crawford, Ross Mindin, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
e-call fae ma da. Ah couldnae hug him and ah still huvnae.
1 matches

McKenzie, Roddy Cataracts, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2018) Central - Dundee, prose
ut, an gang ti gie thim a wee hug. But yir feet catch oan thi b
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
. Falad greetit him wi a bear hug, than made him tak aff his sa
give your long-lost friend a hug.”
2 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
girl, and gave Maisie a huge hug. Horrible to lose them, but y(2020) search twitter

@jax6754 tweeted
. @JeffBrazier Pls gie both a hug o congratulations fae me! X(2015) search twitter
JeffBrazier please gie Olly a hug fae me next time you see him.(2015) search twitter

@iainnicol tweeted
llrKathleen Most people dinna hug their electrician or plumber.(2020) search twitter

@MartinBroon tweeted
deLadies Whit aboot the group hug... ??<<<(2019) search twitter

@Angela1Sinclair tweeted
e day ma freen. Hae a virtual hug ??(2020) search twitter

@billykayscot tweeted
very best, Amy. A big virtual hug fae the Kay faimily.(2020) search twitter

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
Jist gie's a hug - oh this is great on page 15

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
I needed a hug on page 104

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
r we wid takk aff a lamb or a hug, as we needit, dey wir nae fr on page 15
is hard ta mancouver a muckle hug's heid ower him." on page 63

2 matches

Ulster

Gillen, Charles Oot Here Mae Lane, (Words without Borders Magazine 2004) Ulster, prose
nt the oul doar, whur it haes hug
1 matches

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