A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'nudge'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
nudgeOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus23.87910
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern 162.8 1 1
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 177.9 69 3
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 10 2 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders) 24.2 2 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 nudge in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
s fur Zoink, cus he geid ma a nudge an say's, "Yeer supposed tae on page 40

1 matches

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
y, they're both in neuks that nudge into the North sea, seen very (2020) twitter link

South Northern

Lawrie, Alistair Caw, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2020) Doric - Stonehaven, prose
get till Mooney gies me a wee nudge an says, “Ah’ll tak the h
1 matches

(South) East Central

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
oot o' puff, efter his final nudge. on page 28

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
(run), hizzy (hussy), nidge (nudge), wird (word), wirk (work [ve
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ord in the right direction - nudge nudge wink wink lol b oan the (2021) twitter link
- av got awe angles covered nudge nudge wink wink! (2021) twitter link
ae b in obamas place there - nudge nudge wink wink lol (2020) twitter link
v a celebration n a trophy - nudge nudge wink wink! (2021) twitter link
wis aff ma work fir a week - nudge nudge wink wink lol (2020) twitter link
and 29 other occurrences.

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
Ah believe yi, she said, pure nudge-nudge wink-wink, That's what on page 169

2 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
t nonsense.' Ah gie him a wee nudge tae the ribs tae let him know on page 10
beside Dolly an gie her a wee nudge. on page 16

2 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
upped up the shoe wi wink and nudge on page 8

1 matches

South East (Borders)

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
! Tommel opp, ma braw lassie! Nudge wink ????????????????????????(2020)
assie. a’ll dae that fur ye! Nudge wink... https://t.co/aYTP4rzr(2020)