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The word 'embarrassed'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
embarrassedOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus12.14029
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 2
SHD - Shetland 17.4 3 2
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 17.7 4 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 20.6 8 7
WCE - West Central 26.6 6 3
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 35.2 7 4
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 9.2 7 6
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 embarrassed in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
He lukked a bit embarrassed and he hidna much tae say. on page 56

1 matches

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
embarrassed tae be on page 32

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
It wis ane a dis times I felt embarrassed ta be seen wi Jessie. on page 43
Dey wir an embarrassed silence, dan, on page 63

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Watt, Valerie Da secret wirld o Santie’s elves, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
“Don’t be embarrassed Tushie,” he said. “It is
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
can rockit oan is heels, fair embarrassed bi Archie's ootpoorin o emoti on page 14

1 matches

General Northern

Maitland, Andrew Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Auld Mannie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
guest an cleared his throat, embarrassed, throwin a smile ower his cri on page 77

1 matches

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
Instead, Gloag, incensed an embarrassed, returnit tae his cronies an on page 118

1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
y? That’s bollocks. The club embarrassed , shamed, definitely. Players (2020) twitter link
elaHaggerty Canna fail tae be embarrassed by some people’s defence of (2020) twitter link

(South) East Central

Allan, Alasdair Lallans 102 - Defenestration, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
dden, whaur he wes. He hed an embarrassed kinn o a leuk aboot him noo, on page 90

1 matches

McDowell, Diane Drummond (Ma's Bairns), (Independently Published 2021 ISBN: 979-8592734588) Central, prose
years she haed niver felt sae embarrassed, and baith Mistress Macaulay on page 1

1 matches

McPartlin, Moira Before Now : Memoir of a Toerag, (Trilleachan 2021 ISBN: 978-1838360702) Central - Fife, prose
ned?' "He's in the jail' Ah'm embarrassed tae sae ah felt relieved. 'Wh on page 7

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
ye said. I've nivver been sae embarrassed in ma life! That's him, offic on page 46

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 178, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
r hamelt Scots speakers isnae embarrassed sae dae yer bit an gie thaim
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 177, (self-published 2008) Central, newspaper
I hiv tae awn tae bein embarrassed at bein a new reader o TS Law
1 matches

Crawford, Ross Awa in a Dwam, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
Ailsa wis embarrassed at the thought. She wis too a
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ayers that play noo - will b embarrassed lol (2020) twitter link

West Central

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
Justifiably embarrassed. on page 220

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Embarrassed, we laughed, an tae ease the on page 59
justifiably embarrassed. on page 147

2 matches

Clark, Thomas Scots an the smit: a language unner lockdoun, (Bella Caledonia 2020) Central - Bellshill, blog
egins tae chime, staps itsel, embarrassed. Stap-motion the caurs jerk d
1 matches

Clark, Thomas Aw Aboard! The fecht for the Scots language stairts the day!, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central - Bellshill, blog
in America, jist temporarily embarrassed millionaires. In Scotland, we
1 matches

@MizLiot tweeted
n’t wheesht’ clowns an I’m embarrassed that a braw Scots word is bei (2021) twitter link

Edinburgh

grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
Ah’m embarrassed about how hard ah am, how fas
1 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
sour note like this. Dolly - embarrassed by me. Huey - probably feart on page 9

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
enin ay the erms tells me I'm embarrassed: they've fun me oot. I cannae on page 3

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Clyde Built, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
looks at me an bows his heid, embarrassed. Ashamed. An he’s nae need
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ae a smile afore turnin away, embarrassed.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ried tae keep it under wraps, embarrassed an ashamed as ah um.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
he draps the subject, lookin embarrassed.
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Buddha Da - Chapter 1 Anne Marie, (Canongate 2009 ISBN: 978-1847673459) Central - Glasgow, prose
When ma da gets embarrassed he looks like thon skinny wan
1 matches

Ayrshire

Wallace, Lorna Jock Tamson Goes tae the Doactir, (lornalouwriting.wordpress.com 2019) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
He felt that stupit, trapped, embarrassed,
1 matches

General Central

Donovan, Anne Gone are the Leaves, (ISIS 2014 ISBN: 978-1445099262) Central, prose
cross to My Lady, clumsy and embarrassed at her attention. I curtsy, b on page 3

1 matches

Stewart, Anna An Alien Feeling, (Scots Hoose 2019) Central, prose
The room gets embarrassed and so do I. Chris’s new la
1 matches

McNulty, Victoria Hame, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, poetry
He was embarrassed, see
1 matches

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
ken how tae say ?? omg now im embarrassed ??(2020)

@OliphantWullie tweeted
Cunningham_MMM @welcometofife Embarrassed to say A only went up there a (2022) twitter link

@Chazzbat tweeted
d said. There's nowt tae feel embarrassed aboot or keep secret, especia(2020)
t mind. She's got nowt tae be embarrassed aboot. She needs tae tell Pet(2020)

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