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The word 'hugs'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
hugsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus82615
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B 393.1 3 1
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.6 3 3
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 9.1 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 13.3 10 4
SEA - South East (Borders) 37.4 3 1
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 hugs in Corpus

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Orkney

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
The bairns aar safe, o hugs mumsake on page 84

1 matches

Shetland

Laurenson, Hannah Lisa Da Maa's Eggs, (Hands Up For Trad 2019) Shetland, prose
d lamb every year and gee wis hugs. Da walk tae Busta wid tak a
1 matches

Mid Northern A

@FaeFoggie tweeted
@AiberdeenQuine Massive hugs n bosies Quine(2020)

Mid Northern B

@McGoo1888 tweeted
t...sorry it's a no frae me...hugs (2022) twitter link
you and yours pal...mean it...hugs x (2022) twitter link
02 @PaulPaul31871 Ach jings...hugs anat... (2022) twitter link

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 168, (self-published 2007) Central, newspaper
n niver say 'I love you', but hugs me, awkward and fierce. Gies
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Ma mither wisnae free wi hugs
1 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
ll the end of the night, then hugs all round at the end. Gie her(2020)

West Central

@annieones tweeted
t ye, depression isnae funny. Hugs ?? x (2021) twitter link
ame tae my elbba. Sending big hugs an hope the pain disnae keep (2022) twitter link

Glasgow

Cunningham, Lucy nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Swedish Fish, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, prose
all and giving them all huge hugs. But we didnae need their hel on page 42

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
the boattom, the auld wumman hugs Aonghas, the Piper, on page 3

1 matches

General Central

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
ken the wans? They gie ye big hugs 'til ye feel yer semmit ride on page

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
Maw gulps the sherry then hugs Sandra like they huvnae seen on page 5
Granny hugs me. It's a standin-up hug tha on page 35

2 matches

@jax6754 tweeted
ing!......Is it "Chico time!" Hugs fae Scotland. X(2015)
it gets you mare notability! Hugs fae Scotland. Richt procrasti(2015)
departin the plane! Hee hee! Hugs fae Scot! X(2015)

@Chazzbat tweeted
3 years. It wis guid tae get hugs an aa.(2020)
side in her favourite spot. ((hugs))(2020)
pened tae the IOF. MAHOOSSIVE HUGS ?? ?? ??(2020)
ter__ That sucks, Thuckster. *hugs* Guid on yer lad, mind. That'(2020)

South East (Borders)

@officialAliRed tweeted
min wi plenty o eet. Love and hugs frae us all. xxx https://t.co(2020)
n Gala earlier, afore getting hugs and tablet frae Auntie Pat. C(2019)
ew Powerful stuff. Muckle big hugs, mate. ????(2019)