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The word 'shrugs'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
shrugsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4136
ORK - Orkney 29.8 3 1
SHD - Shetland
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
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 22.8 5 3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 4 3 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 shrugs in Corpus

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Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
an I waant tae ken hoo." Noor shrugs. "I've been with you here for on page 57
this some days," he says, an shrugs. Thay taak a waak i'the wynds on page 87
I lost track of the days." He shrugs. "I doot hid's ferly busy oot on page 158

3 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
Aldo shrugs oaff this rather valid point. on page 132

1 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
He gawks at me and shrugs his shoulders before he begin
1 matches

Glasgow

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
Lookin innocent, he shrugs. on page 15

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
k, look'n firra way back oan, shrugs eez shooders an smiles up at on page 3

1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
McShane sais tae Scanlon, who shrugs his shoulders in indifference
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
‘Mare ur less.’ McDade shrugs, pullin oot a bottle ay Bucky
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
a heid an look tae McDade who shrugs his shoulders an hauds his ha
1 matches

General Central

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
ae run the trail. But he jist shrugs and takes another draw, waiti on page 47

2 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
She shrugs, and ah point at the sandwich on page 77

1 matches

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