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Use in varieties of Scots

shoulder Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10.3 13.3 4.8 9.9 0 0 13.3
Number of occurrences3225 3 1 0 0 3
Number of authors13 9 2 1 1

Occurrences of shoulder in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
A feel a bottle burst over ma shoulder. Ma face is aw blood n wan ae on page 43
t fur Sin it connects wae his shoulder. He's screamin n hits the dec on page 45

3 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
two best pals who offer me a shoulder tae bubble oan. It is on page 78
al Mail bag holstered oor his shoulder and he produces a broon envel on page 116
im the morally superior cauld shoulder. We're baith far too annoyed on page 133
" Though he gees me the cauld shoulder. on page 158
grubby paws touch me oan the shoulder. An unwanted physical approac on page 168

5 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
h mah breath, Ah look oer mah shoulder an see mah uncle. He slows do on page 176

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
shoulder meh days git calder. on page 98
nly now when eh look ower meh shoulder on page 99

2 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
d. When ah pit ma airm on his shoulder ah jist aboot faintet cause a on page 26

1 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
less he's gat wan eye ower ma shoulder. on page 30
She looks ower ma shoulder. on page 36

2 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
glasses, ah tap Cathy oan the shoulder. on page 13
a block fringe tapped oan ma shoulder. She wis wearin glasses and h on page 56
A firm hand oan ma shoulder wakes me up. Ah open ma eyes on page 85

3 matches

Smith, Elaine C. The Glasgow Gruffalo's Wean, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303425) Central - Glasgow, weans
e gigantic, an oan tap ae his shoulder on page 27

1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
be walkin by. Oer McDade’s shoulder Stevie McShane mimes flickin
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ade an pullin him back by his shoulder.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
!’ a voice comes fae oer ma shoulder. ‘Aye, it’s you ah’m ta
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part one of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ully flickin her hair oer her shoulder an rollin oan tae her back. A
1 matches

Grae, Emma Jimmy and his wee darlin Alexa, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
if she’d gied me the cauld shoulder every noo and then.
1 matches

grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
™s bleached head buried in ma shoulder, feelin’ him mouth at ma ne
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
ma duties. By leanin oor his shoulder and playin the part ae his pe
1 matches

Doric

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
till rest her chin on Alice's shoulder, an id wis an uncomfortable, on page 86
arp peedy chin intill Alice's shoulder as she added, "an e moral o a on page 87

2 matches

@beast_afc tweeted
e Glasgow hivin a chip on yer shoulder... an lashins oh fake tan....(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
axed oot an patted her on the shoulder. ‘I ken … I ken …’ he
1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
Tippa rippa rapper on my shoulder on page 1

3 matches

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