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Use in varieties of Scots

cringe Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10.3 13.9 4.5 9.9 5.8 0 4.4
Number of occurrences3327 3 1 1 0 1
Number of authors24 19 2 1 1 1

Occurrences of cringe in Corpus

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Central

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
Ca'in it cringe an makkit up on page 45

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Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
And watch it cringe in shame. on page 36

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
fects o this in biggin up the Cringe, that rins faur deeper in the on page 20
his is the Scottish bourgeois cringe in action. on page 64
is the result o the Scottish Cringe o the Labour Pairty, fer, tho on page 74

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Douglas, Sheila Lallans 63 - The Smithsonian Folklife Festival 2003, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
wad gar “everyday Scots to cringe.” Is he kiddin!
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Clark, Sara Scot Free -The Psychic Cost O Uisin Scots, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
henomenon cawed the "Scottish Cringe".
e'll hae experienced Scottish Cringe yersel, an hae a tale or twa
ry o the Scots leid - an the cringe is increasin wi the awaurness
ye, but evidence o the Scots Cringe is aw ower, wance ye set oot
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Fitt, Matthew Fae Mooth tae Page, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central, blog
n Scots, the mair shilpit the cringe will be. And that fundamental
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 149, (self-published 2006) Central, newspaper
aboot, the less the'll be the cringe factor.
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 115, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
tioun, that sums up the Scots cringe factor wi the lines,
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Hodgart, John A Catalogue o Sair Neglect, (Bella Calledonia 2016) Central - North Ayrshire, blog
auses o oor national cultural cringe or ignorance aboot oor ain la
auses o oor national cultural cringe or ignorance aboot oor ain la
hat a chronic doze o cultural cringe or skitters had smitten the m
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Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
ma name bit ‘e did make me cringe
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MacDonald, Bo CAULD NIGHT, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
Ilk creak 'n' crack making me cringe. As ah let th' fresh heat sur
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Ewen, Allan The “Auld Lang Syne” Paradox, (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
nce free frae the “Scottish Cringe” is i the interests o baith
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Duncan, Robert The Oor-Wulliefication o Scots?, (autumnvoices.co.uk 2022) Central, blog
corollary tae the ‘Scottish cringe’ – the ‘aggressive’ s
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@Cobradile94 tweeted
rMDempster That juist made iz cringe.(2018) search twitter

@iainnicol tweeted
m glad we didna have the most cringe tweet today.(2020) search twitter

@OliphantWullie tweeted
@Wilson34David CRINGE !!!!!! Too wee, too puir and (2022) twitter link

@Chazzbat tweeted
bio. Thur fu' o the Scottish cringe an misogyny. Janey Godley get(2020) search twitter

@raiphsays tweeted
e me! Barreless Brass-neck of Cringe! https://t.co/ul9z9V2IBV(2020) search twitter

@MizLiot tweeted
d mebbe he could get ower his cringe for aince? :) (2021) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
o alot of snp people who will cringe at this - but its true - lo (2020) twitter link

Doric

The Mannie Fae Unco The Diary o a Feel at the Skweel, (unco.scot 2021) Doric, prose
rvin oor betters. I stell get cringe factor ten at thes memory. Fo
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@d_anderson878 tweeted
Aye! Gin there wisnae the cringe factor aboot it bein 'oary' i(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Hall, Simon W. No the Six o Clock News, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Orkney, blog
hoot the least peedie bit o a cringe, nivver mind any sense o cult
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Shetland

Tait, John M Shaetlan is Daed - Lang live Dialect, (Shetland Dialect Conference 2004 2004) Shetland, prose
tish an English accents - we cringe awa fae whin we’r spaekin a
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Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
Catalans cry "The Cultural Cringe". We hae tae pit oor bes' fac on page 18

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