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The word 'shoulda'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
shouldaOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.23015
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 32.8 3 1
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central 41.4 9 1
DUN - Dundee 42.5 4 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 18.2 4 3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
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)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of shoulda in Corpus

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Shetland

Cumming, John Kirsten, (Shetland For Wirds 2006) Shetland, prose
Laekly I shoulda telt her, I dunna kaen. Somet
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
in tae tell ye – somethin I shoulda telt ye langsyne. Bit ye maun
1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
his books? It's the Libree he shoulda been in ivvry nicht, nae the on page 85

2 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 83 - Dunnottar, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
t. Munro wis fair pit oot, ye shoulda heard him – his brither’s
1 matches

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
I shoulda skelpit his jaw on page 78

1 matches

@beast_afc tweeted
@ErinGrieve17 Shoulda been taps aff. Still buzzin(2020)

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
ed his chin. He wondert if he shoulda shaved. Mibbe no. on page 1

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
l oor the final fence. But ah shoulda kent better though, eh? ah gu on page 60

1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
arie. Naw dae yi know whit ah shoulda said, said Charlene, Ah shoul on page 31
olt where we wur she said, Yi shoulda bought some straws while yi w on page 34
d things from going this far. Shoulda got her big brer or sister ta on page 83
eporter wis comin tae HMV. It shoulda been these two lassies that w on page 117
w pal, Carrie Anne Walker lah shoulda known she wis Kelly Marie Wal on page 169

9 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
yi shoulda been there, on page 41
yi shoulda cheenged yir name on page 45
eh shoulda been dain a lang time ago on page 99

4 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
Yae shoulda seen the pish ah hud tae go t
1 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
but...I don't know. Mibbe ah shoulda gie'd it a miss a long time a on page 3

1 matches

Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
asel tae the pavement when Ah shoulda stept atween the parkt up Viv
an Avengers, Hillman Imps. Ah shoulda strode the middle o thon nigh
2 matches

Logan, Kirsty Lego, (Scots Hoose 2017) Central, weans
colours fae what the picture shoulda been, an coloured it in as if
1 matches

General Central

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
ley ?? ?? Ye voiced it over i shoulda knew ?? ??(2020)

@rattlecans tweeted
@MrMalky Shoulda matured intae mair sensible b (2022) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Nuhin is Certain, Except, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
fir me, aa the while hinkin A shoulda kept a haunfae o’ coins tae
1 matches

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