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Use in varieties of Scots

embarrassin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.2 5.8 1.6 0 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences1311 1 0 1 0 0
Number of authors11 9 1 1

Occurrences of embarrassin 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

Burnett, Mikey nobody remembers the birdman - It's Ladle, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
nt oan nuttin else except fae embarrassin me. Thus, demonstratin tae hi on page 35

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
s insteed ae the pubs. It wis embarrassin. Ma mither didnae like it eit on page 1

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
There followed a lang and embarrassin silence. In thirty seconds th on page 188

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
came right doon tae it it wis embarrassin fur ma da tae have tae rely o on page 99
tryin tae get us tae pose fur embarrassin pictures, an ma da wisnae the on page 164

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
the lead affa. It wis kind o embarrassin fer the wummin like. But I ha on page 27

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Smith, Jamie William Playfair: faither o data visualisation, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
tit tae Scots. It’s awmaist embarrassin. But maist fowk likely disna
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Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
luve wi himsel, had been fair embarrassin. An whan the neb o ane o Eros
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McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
yfe Robinson bein’ the yin, embarrassin’ exception! Later, there fo
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Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
so why huvnae we? It’s pure embarrassin’ if ye think aboot it hard
1 matches

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Tales Fae The Doric Side - Mabel, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
aul te hae anither bairn! So embarrassin" on page 91

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
ften shü irritated me wi her embarrassin wyes an her endless braggin a on page 45

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