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The word 'mug'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
mugOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus14.24728
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 29.4 9 4
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.2 2 2
WCE - West Central 44.4 10 3
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 2
GLA - Glasgow 20.1 4 2
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 17.1 13 8
SEA - South East (Borders)
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 56.9 2 2
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of mug in Corpus

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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
doon at da table, clutchin da mug a coffee I wis medd her. "Ah' on page 51

1 matches

Cumming, John Da Whillie, (Shetland For Wirds 2010) Shetland, prose
me bunk, an we set a staemin mug a tae afore him.
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
dinna wint te get teen fir a mug." on page 48
he table an Ah poored us aa a mug o fine-smellin coffee. "I'm s on page 75

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
iv itll bi your kinna thing, Mug. Ye winna ken onybody an it m on page 28
"At's jist a thing folk say, Mug," Ah assured er. " 'What do y on page 31

3 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
he. Fin she'd drained her tin mug tae the lees, she ruggit on h
uik Minnie awa, an made her a mug o hett tae, an spreid her a s
2 matches

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
coffee. She drank fae a china mug nae een o yon horrible big he
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
sae mollach ah hiv a special mug tae steir ma fly cuppa! https(2018)

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Offen drinks oot o' a crackit mug on page 188

1 matches

(South) East Central

McDowell, Diane Drummond (Ma's Bairns), (Independently Published 2021 ISBN: 979-8592734588) Central, prose
dreepin doun yer greetin wee mug. Gang aff wi him syne... ah d on page 1

1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
zler179 @GeorgeCaulkin only a mug would pay that 2 sky every mo (2020) twitter link

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
maist efternoons, aften wi a mug o hot chocolate beside her. S on page 13
empty room, drinkin tea oot a mug she wis balancin on her knee. on page 185
she sat there, clauchtin the mug o tea in baith haunds and gaw on page 188
ilk. Again she cupped her ain mug in baith haunds and sat there on page 190
ed that the haunds haudin the mug were tremmlin a bittie, 'Whit on page 192

7 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
o fur instance, Shut yir ugly mug, wid become, Sughut yugir ugu on page 17
break his camera wi_your ugly mug, said Karen. Aye whitever you on page 169

2 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Mumbo Jumbo, (Litro magazine 2006) Central, prose
o fur instance, Shut yir ugly mug, wid become, Sughut yugir ugu
1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger Educational (Mis)Communication, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
could stop her she chucked a mug o’ water oan the heater! Th
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
d as his neibour passed him a mug, he felt its shape afore he g
1 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
that.’ he sais, haunin me a mug.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
in preparation fur the next mug that comes through the door a
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
s efter us, morosely haudin a mug an a plate ay biscuits oot in
1 matches

Bratchpiece, Neil The Wee Man Ft. Leo - Parliamo Glasgow, (YouTube 2014) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Wae ya go, ya mug, before I plug ye
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
nae distancePit a grin on yer mug, ye daft wee slug, an come an on page 44

1 matches

General Central

Robertson, James The Mannie, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
r had taen it. She pushed the mug ower tae him. No that she tho on page 8
e wisna there. She liftit his mug, fou as it wis, tae skail it on page 9

2 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
a mug, like Dad sups in the pub, on page 95

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
the boat, picked up a muckle mug, dooked it intae the river, f on page 95

3 matches

Hodgson, Brent Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
aw wis changing. I'd been the mug. I didnae want tae face whit on page 91

1 matches

@ionafyfe tweeted
e worst o lockdown times. The mug just makes me giggle.(2020)
Ma mug! https://t.co/XMqaJGdjIb(2019)

@Chazzbat tweeted
ayeweys get the leaky travel mug? Ah've bocht hauf a dozen owe(2020)

@DABArbuckle tweeted
say? Tak a luck at yer ain ya mug ye(2020)
p his profile up and his ugly mug in the news. He's a naebody. (2020)

@rattlecans tweeted
he SNP that herding cats is a mug's game (2022) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

@StuartPoet tweeted
chinHome Aye nocht waur nor a mug o wersh tea!(2020)

General Ulster

Mc Donnell, John , (Facebook 2021) Ulster, prose
a lovely big ducks egg wae a mug o tae an got stuck in...shuin
1 matches

Stewart, Kenny The Proota Field, (Facebook 2021) Ulster, poetry
As ye got yer wee mug and the can came aroon tae fi
1 matches

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