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The word 'shoothers'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
shoothersOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.8259
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 56.5 9 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 2
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 94.2 3 1
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards) 51.2 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 98.5 3 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of shoothers in Corpus

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Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
rry lagoon, right aap tae the shoothers. The trouble noo wis that she on page 16

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
them att hae e warl on their shoothers, on page 86
aptism an fit a wecht's on ma shoothers till it's by wi. Div ye think on page 103
me onno't wid heist it on his shoothers, fair shuited wi himsel. An f on page 106

3 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
me.” She wis chitterin. Her shoothers refused tae relax back oot o
ilt that wis wrappit roon his shoothers an cam toward her. She thocht
s an driftit as gum aroon the shoothers o the monastery. Ablow her in
poseetion an tane her be the shoothers. “Beatrice, ye’re an inno
he turnt, claucht her be the shoothers an pushed her agin a concrete
9 matches

General Central

McCallum, Andrew Lallans 73 - Ecce Homo, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
Abin e's stoup't shoothers the hills heeze a sang on page 71

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Flittin In, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
istit man. Grippin Wullie’s shoothers wi rauch, stour-graint haunds
hair thit hung tae her braid shoothers. Wullie thocht hes mum wis aw
2 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Less Trauchle Nor A Bairn, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
t an the grey shawl roond her shoothers hid ance belonged tae her noo
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Stevenson, Gerda Kilmeny, (Scottish Language Center 2021) Southern - Scottish Borders, prose
an windit it roon ma heid an shoothers.
1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
e a big lock o use wi'oot mae shoothers. Oh, hoo A wish A cud shut up on page 12
inutes, whin shae fun oot hir shoothers wur naewhur tae bae fun: aal on page 51

3 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
m boul big fairmers, wi thair shoothers oot tae here? on page 21

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Fur ticht, draa'd in shoothers on page 16
Abane his shoothers on page 17
Shoothers crooched on page 35

3 matches

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