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The word 'shoogly'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
shooglyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.32725
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 1
NEC - North East Central 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 10.1 4 4
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 9.1 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 13.3 10 9
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
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) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of shoogly in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
odd bits o plesterboard fae a shoogly, unsafe load. on page 83

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
iggelty-piggelty cupboords an shoogly draars. on page 20

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
gaun roon, and yer face is aa shoogly, I canna makk it oot.'
1 matches

General Northern

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
n rouner, or her hann gat aat shoogly wi laachin at she naarhan lat on page 19
days hed she seen sodgers sae shoogly on their feet. They war aye h on page 90

2 matches

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Tak tent o the Cabrach, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
doon a brae, rummelt across a shoogly brig owre a burn, then birlt
1 matches

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
pits and your mither and this shoogly table that taks mair o a body on page 75

1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
That step's gey shoogly, whaur ye fell.
1 matches

Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
t-ersed an their coats are on shoogly pegs. In years tae come bairn
1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 59 - The Queen’s Shull’n, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
banged hes neive doon oan the shoogly liggit tabletap, happit wi a
1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
ther wis skraichin, pointin a shoogly finger at her man. 'Check yer on page 54

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
that his saiket wis on a gey shoogly nasl an thocht he'd be better on page 124

1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger Wee Roge Boobs, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Your chippit tiles an’ shoogly stairs.
1 matches

Glasgow

Atkins, Elise Billy Barr ’n’ Jonny Jimison’s Day Oot!, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Central, prose
“I’ve goat a shoogly tooth! It’s ma last wan. Ah
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
The barra’s awfy shoogly, but then, so’s ma legs the
1 matches

General Central

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
- him thit painted thae big shoogly e'en an' thae noses comin' ri on page

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
Coat's oan a shoogly peg on page 35

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
ye'll mebbe ken, here means "shoogly" or "liable tae faw tae bits" on page 2

1 matches

Robson, Frances Lallans 74 - The Tartanic, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
wis a wee bit shoogly, tho clashed wi dauds o tar.
1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
e forces, Unity got aff tae a shoogly stert, but, by 1946, they hae
cial rock whan resources were shoogly ithergates. It een got tae th
2 matches

McClurg, Fernando The Great Divide, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
jaikit leuks tae be on a gey shoogly peg. Whan it comes tae the di
1 matches

@fourmenterian tweeted
a Brexit the £ won't be on a shoogly peg, it'll be in free fall(2016)

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
@stewartbremner shoogly peg(2020)

@SusiBriggs1 tweeted
gloss @ethylsmith Guid point. Shoogly peg..... I dinnae think sae. (2018)

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
hocht), an eet said, in a low shoogly voice, "Let oo get tae th sho on page 22

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
s Jenny trip-trapped ower the shoogly wuid.
1 matches

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