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The word 'shy'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
shyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus16.95432
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 17.4 3 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 175.8 5 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 13.1 4 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 23.7 2 2
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 17.9 7 4
WCE - West Central 23 5 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 21.7 4 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 10.7 8 7
SEA - South East (Borders) 49.9 4 3
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.8 2 1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 156.9 5 1
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 shy in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Orkney

Miller, Alison Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Orkney, poetry
David's a shy lad, though, and disna spaek, on page 40

1 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
wis honest an a smile at wis shy. on page 66
wis honest an a smile at wis shy. on page 67

2 matches

@shaetlan_rose tweeted
?didna ken aboot blate meanin shy tho, yun's a göd een(2019)

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
ear her, she began, in a low, shy voice, "If ee please, Sir-" E on page 17
e," sade Alice, a peedy bitty shy leck, for she wisna quite sur on page 56
re-Puss," she started, rether shy leck, as she didna ken whethe on page 60
me, please" sade Alice kinda shy, "why ee are paintan those ro on page 75
d's a awful fine day!" sade a shy voice at her side. She wis wa on page 78

5 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
dy beasts that didna spook an shy awa frae the toon's steer.
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Bulletbroo, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ouglas wint tae the skweel. A shy laddie wiz he and ayee tried
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
day. An Rory, fa wis byordnar shy, bedd weel ooto sicht, happit
aun be quick, fur he’s affa shy.”
2 matches

Aberdeen

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
wi an inability tae shy awa on page 33

1 matches

Uri, Antonia Here's the problem wi the trad wife muivement, (The National 2020) Doric, newspaper
e day, that warks oot at jist shy o £60,000. Nooadays, the ave
1 matches

General Northern

Gray, Kath Lallans 63 - Aikey Brae Fair – 1962, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
an into the trees. Yer really shy about daein e toilet ootside.
1 matches

Young, Morna The Twa Chrisses, (Scots Language Center 2021) Doric, prose
hance tae smile, affa erch an shy mebbe, but a smile nanetheles
1 matches

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
That boar's no shy, thocht Hercules. Ah better w on page 19

1 matches

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
'd been pleased an he went aw shy an funny so they'd walked bac on page 1

2 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
skinny Asian boay who looked shy and extremely timid. on page 189

1 matches

Gilmour, Rosie Uniform, (Scots Hoose 2012) Central, weans
An no be sae shy
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
rian_Pacey laddie seems a bit shy - as 2 o us - seen the twee (2020) twitter link
is back on twitter - seems a shy laddie lol (2021) twitter link
yAmateursFC a thocht he wis a shy n reserved laddie tae - aye (2021) twitter link

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
bdy answert. Come on don't be shy, she said. Still naebdy answe on page 98
wee toaty lassie that's dead shy ~ah've only spoke tae her abo on page 123
It's no Yvonne's fault she's shy - she tries her best an she' on page 169

3 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
at a pairty then they act aa shy; when naebody's asked thaim t on page 116
n hus some faut, we shouldnae shy awa frae him on page 118

2 matches

Edinburgh

Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
und a topic. He wizni so much shy or simple as so brutally sure
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
ersation. Alice answert, awfy shy, like, "Ah-ah'm no sure masel on page 43
se me," said Alice, a wee bit shy, cause she wisnae sure whethe on page 59
ll me," said Alice, a wee bit shy, "how're ye paintin aw thae r on page 77

3 matches

Bennett, Peter TA Hauf an a Hauf, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
it away tae some bloody work-shy brood ay reprobates. Happenin
1 matches

General Central

Morning, Carey Neeps and Tatties, (self-published 2020) Central, weans
by giein each ither a shy helpin haund. on page 34

1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 58 - The Sang o the Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
n Wind and Helen Cruikshank's Shy Geordie, but can aye sing aul on page 77

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
est til oor Sun and taks jist shy o 88 Yird days tae wheech roo
1 matches

@jack_capener tweeted
Dinnae be shy - blether an scrieve awa in (2019)

@SusiBriggs1 tweeted
o stories waitin...?? why no? Shy bairns get nowt! ??(2020)

@bigandymccoll tweeted
SNP (I'm trying tae encourage shy SNPers John ??) (2022) twitter link

@LairnScots tweeted
Sharleen Ah'm Shy by Janet Paisley https://t.co (2021) twitter link
et Paisley is 'Sharleen: Ah'm Shy'. Click here tae listen tae i (2018) twitter link

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Shy reynard, rabbits fresh they p on page 15

1 matches

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
l iz," said Ahlice, a wee bit shy, as she wisnae quite share wh on page 58
please" said Ahlice, a little shy "how ee're paintin thon roses on page 77

2 matches

The Westender Mairchers did oor toon prood, (The Hawick Paper 2007) Southern, newspaper
e guid folk o' Hawick werenae shy.
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Haddow, Kris Ronnie's Story, (words.krishaddow.com 2011) Central, prose
as hell. A wis a nervous boy, shy, quiet. Ma faither said a wis
year ago. Here’s me, a bit shy o’ forty, still finding it
2 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
A'm afeart," said Alice, in a shy rode: "a wheen o the wurds ha on page 50
l mae," said Alice, a weethin shy, fur shae wusnae that sure if on page 58
re-Puss" shae stairtet, a bit shy, baecaas shae wusnae sure if on page 63
lease," said Alice, a weethin shy, "why ir yaes paintin the ros on page 78
it's a wile guid day!" said a shy voice bae hir Bide. Shae wus on page 82

5 matches

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