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Use in varieties of Scots

shouldna Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10 6.7 22.6 19.9 11.6 0 0
Number of occurrences3213 15 2 2 0 0
Number of authors17 5 8 2 2

Occurrences of shouldna 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.

Central

Robertson, James Precious and the Puggies, (Itchy Coo 2011 ISBN: 978-1845023324) Central, weans
shouldna dae it. on page 24

1 matches

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
Ah Canna, ah Shouldna, ah DON'T on page 30

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
'You shouldna be frichtit at yer auld Grann on page 9
Naebody had telt him he shouldna touch them on page 26
owpin aff her. But I canna. I shouldna. Sae she'll hae tae drink it on page 29

3 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
r me tae dae whit I hke wi. I shouldna girn, on page 12
id Wee Grumphie. 'I doot they shouldna be there.' on page 29

2 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
ernative spellins, but "wuid" shouldna be thare at aa: hou's folk ta
in's nott an the "f" vairsion shouldna be uized binna the writer's e
In sic a case A'd say we shouldna ettle at gaun the wey muckle
3 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Shudder at the Niffer, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
eediom. For example, a writer shouldna juist write "thole" whanever
1 matches

Smith, Jamie Effeirin tae the formal: Laitinate lendwirds in Scots, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
siccan things). O coorse, it shouldna really maiter whaur Scots got
1 matches

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
resolution that the fermhoose shouldna be preser’d as a museum, an
1 matches

Doric

Mitchell, Rhona Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Wye it Wis, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
songs that her mither said he shouldna be singin in front o his doth on page 17

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Perhaps I jist shouldna be on page 194

1 matches

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
hev lessons till learn! Oh, A shouldna lek at!" on page 34
as id happens; an if A wis, A shouldna want yers: A dinna lek them r on page 51
weel," e Hatter grumbled: "Ke shouldna hev put id in wi e breid-knif on page 66
inkan aboot id: "Boot then-ah shouldna be hungry for id, ee ken." on page 68
"Then ee shouldna talk," sade e Hatter. on page 72

5 matches

Goodall, Phyllis J. Berryhill, (timberford.demon 2000) Doric, poetry
That ate a’thing they shouldna aet
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
lowse their spayver far they shouldna, an leave the pairish tae pye
t a curse. Jist weemin. An ye shouldna wash yer hair fin yer nae wee
e he did, as if the cauld win shouldna blaw on her. Minnie's Ma an D
3 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
a gorblie inno the nest that shouldna hae bin there – an incestuo
1 matches

Uri, Antonia Naewey tae bide, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
elp oot by donatin as muckle, shouldna hae been left oot. In fact, a
1 matches

The Mannie Fae Unco The Diary o a Feel at the Skweel, (unco.scot 2021) Doric, prose
et masel an speir something I shouldna. I'm nae gan intae ony detail
1 matches

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
tsradiomedia 'feels an bairns shouldna see a joab hauf deen' (2020) twitter link

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
a wirkan right - the colours shouldna ran, on page 25

1 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
I shouldna compleen, hid wis waarm an co on page 101

1 matches

Shetland

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
tland wirds irna ‘wrong’ an shouldna be percieved lik dat (2021) twitter link

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
So, turns oot I shouldna have done domestic stuff as I(2016) search twitter