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The word 'embarrass'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
embarrassOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3107
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 17.4 3 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
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
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 embarrass in Corpus

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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
naitter in parteekler wid embarrass him. Geoffrey christened him on page 38
vent in his life, du's no tae embarrass him." on page 39

3 matches

Mid Northern A

@DoricPhrases tweeted
e awa faet aa athoot an care, embarrass tham, gie advice, are the Ban(2018)

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ee pals an ah didnae want tae embarrass her. Wan wee boy wis even mai on page 169

2 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
bi the Labour Pairty jist tae embarrass the snp bi launin them wi a b on page 30

1 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
is cunt's day right up. It'll embarrass the cunt, make him a laughin on page 23

1 matches

General Central

McNulty, Victoria Hame, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, poetry
If I still blend yer veg, embarrass ye when yer pals are in.
1 matches

@WhenDidADidny tweeted
o you can deliberately try to embarrass and belittle her. Wit an abso (2018) twitter link

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