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The word 'shouthers'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
shouthersOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.22014
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 42.5 4 1
EDN - Edinburgh 37.7 6 3
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 4
SEA - South East (Borders) 25 2 2
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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 shouthers in Corpus

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(South) East Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 74 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
un haes been sittin on ma awn shouthers at laest sen A wes nae mair n
1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy No on BBC, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
he flings her mantle ower her shouthers an's awa oot, an that's that.
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
ew an auld reid goun ower his shouthers an pit a wumman's heid-dress on page 24
heid scruncht doun atween his shouthers, keekin oot alow his eyebrows on page 65
eid scrunchit doun atween his shouthers, keckin oot alow his eyebrows on page 69
on her like a jute stower an shouthers like a Clydesdale horse. Stil on page 100

4 matches

Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 81 - Fower Australian Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Dollar, poetry
an hoor afore Carnegie's shouthers on page 18

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Traisur Insch (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008) Central, prose
z taurrie plet fawin owre the shouthers o hiz tashit bew coit; hiz ha on page 3

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Traivells wi a Cuddie i the Cevennes (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-5-1) Central, prose
n ma ain shilpit man-buddie's shouthers. It remaned ti wale a beiss o on page 3
set heich abune the cuddie's shouthers, wi naethin ablo ti ballanss, on page 6

2 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
whurlan tae the shouthers o the crood, on page 112

1 matches

Sprott, Gavin Lallans 68 - Gairdens, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
Their sun-bleck brous and shouthers bricht wi swyte, on page 98

1 matches

Ayrshire

Neill, Willie Lallans 61 - Three Tales frae the Brithers Grimm, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Ayrshire, prose
ons, heized the seck frae his shouthers, lowsed the towe an tuimt the on page 42

1 matches

General Central

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
braw shouthers set fine, ilk lang limb on page 93

1 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 56 - Greenfield the Name O The Pit, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, poetry
their ain shouthers, o stiffnesses and clart, on page 107

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 82 - Nae Guid Ettle, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
Ah rammed ma shouthers atween hes liggs, strechnin t on page 17

1 matches

Falconer, Gavin Lallans 63 - Richt Scots an Pithy Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
anslators an putten ontae the shouthers o the oreeginal Inglish bodie
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
Ma shilpit shouthers ir boued doun
1 matches

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
es in o ae bag, slung owre ma shouthers, riding ithoot onie lichts
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Neill, Josie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009) Central - Galloway, poetry
On tae ma big shouthers.
1 matches

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