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Use in varieties of Scots

shivers Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.4 5.7 3 0 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences1411 2 0 0 1 0
Number of authors12 10 1 1

Occurrences of shivers 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
ower her body - an the cauld shivers left her. She smiled her gent on page 43

1 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
sic a place. Ah wuld hae the shivers bidin oan thon rock.' An Cyri on page 14

1 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
Mrs Casey rubs her arms and shivers. She's iways cauld. She reach on page 1

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
auld it wid gee an Eskimo the shivers. Aw ah kin focus oan is the t on page 13

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
wid send shivers up yir spine, on page 98
thirs nae shivers up an doon meh spine, on page 99

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
ter hou ye dresst, ye get the shivers. It had been baq eneuch whan on page 64

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ure excitet an ah kept gettin shivers doon ma back. Ah ran home fae on page 35

1 matches

Sutherland, Hope Twa sisters, een room, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Buckie, prose
heir feer o. Somin thit sends shivers doon yir spine fan you see it
1 matches

Facebook link (Changed Times Historical Novel By Ethyl Smith 2022) Central
A MARK AS GIES YE THE SHIVERS

@MartinBroon tweeted
tenin’ tae yer comments sent shivers doon My spine??. Pal, yer alr(2020) search twitter

Doric

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Sweetie Pie, ye gie me i' shivers on page 170

2 matches

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Sent shivers doon ma spine on page 44

1 matches

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