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The word 'shu'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
shuOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.5159
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 52.3 9 5
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 2.4 1 1
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central
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 shu in Corpus

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Shetland

Cumming, John Da Whillie, (Shetland For Wirds 2010) Shetland, prose
erena aaber ta loss wir gear. Shu's draigin, says I, an her blo
'll be on da stabard side, so shu'll turn dat wye I reckon. So
2 matches

Sinclair, James Makkin Hame, (Shetland For Wirds 2018) Shetland, poetry
ed fell aff Charlotte Anne as shu cam tae heel.
As shu swang roond, he felt trowe hi
2 matches

Irvine, Chloe Untitled Poem, (The Scotsman 2021) Shetland - Whalsay, poetry
ys im du mist 'Scottish' body shu's iffer seen
1 matches

Facebook link (Wir Midder Tongue 2016) Shetland
me tae, "Spanish meat-balls", shu said, an auld recipe fae da D
. Well, I couldna resist! Den shu added, "we'll pairt smaa an'

Watt, Valerie An onkerry for a kerry oot, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
da main coorse. “Dis een is Shu Chiu shicken. You can git a l
1 matches

Sinclair, James Murmansk, (Scottish Poetry Library 2019) Shetland, poetry
whaur shu wis lashed ta da peir, an mic
1 matches

(South) East Central

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 85 - D.I.Y. Doctor , (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
'Shu' up an haud stull ... An you! on page 35

1 matches

West Central

Shoor Caan, Angus Tasteless, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Saltcoats, prose
d tae stert gerrin' ready cos shu'll be sittin' doon tae 'ur di
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
it cuidnae move an inch. She shu got it oot, an sortit oot: "n on page 44

1 matches

South East (Borders)

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
47. Tint: Chu Shu Chen (ca.1200)
of Chu Shu Chen (ca.1200)
of Chu Shu Chen (ca. 1200)
3 matches

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