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The word 'embarrassin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
embarrassinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.51513
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
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 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.3 3 3
WCE - West Central 22.2 5 3
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 18.6 3 3
GLA - Glasgow 5.1 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
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 embarrassin in Corpus

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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
ften shü irritated me wi her embarrassin wyes an her endless braggin a on page 45

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General Northern

Leslie, Deborah Tales Fae The Doric Side - Mabel, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
aul te hae anither bairn! So embarrassin" on page 91

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(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
s insteed ae the pubs. It wis embarrassin. Ma mither didnae like it eit on page 1

1 matches

Allan, Alasdair Lallans 102 - Defenestration, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
ry o Joseph Stalin at wes sae embarrassin. Aye, Uncle Joe hed bin on th on page 83

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
the lead affa. It wis kind o embarrassin fer the wummin like. But I ha on page 27

1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
There followed a lang and embarrassin silence. In thirty seconds th on page 188

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
came right doon tae it it wis embarrassin fur ma da tae have tae rely o on page 99
tryin tae get us tae pose fur embarrassin pictures, an ma da wisnae the on page 164

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Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
so why huvnae we? It’s pure embarrassin’ if ye think aboot it hard
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Edinburgh

Burnett, Mikey nobody remembers the birdman - It's Ladle, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
nt oan nuttin else except fae embarrassin me. Thus, demonstratin tae hi on page 35

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Smith, Jamie William Playfair: faither o data visualisation, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
tit tae Scots. It’s awmaist embarrassin. But maist fowk likely disna
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
yfe Robinson bein’ the yin, embarrassin’ exception! Later, there fo
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Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
ully they've done away wi any embarrassin cliche band posters an it's j on page 3

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General Central

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
luve wi himsel, had been fair embarrassin. An whan the neb o ane o Eros
1 matches

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