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The word 'shug'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
shugOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.2249
ORK - Orkney
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 19.5 8 1
WCE - West Central 22.2 5 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 3.9 3 3
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 111.6 8 4
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 shug in Corpus

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(South) East Central

Muir, Glenn Lion Rampant, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
“Shug at yer service, lately o the
Shug wis the first lion Dave had c
ide aboot fower month ago,” Shug purred.
sighed. “That’s a peety, Shug”.
Shug yawned. “ Whit’s yer ain
8 matches

West Central

Shoor Caan, Angus Tasteless, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Saltcoats, prose
Wee Shug’s wee dug fae doon ri close
Wee Shug chapped ri door an' came in t
ll rat doon ri close,” says Shug. “A'm 'hinkin' ri hale stre
“Aye,” agreed Shug, “it's gaun' aboot.” 'E c
ae advise 'um no' tae let Wee Shug make a pote a' soup wi' it af
5 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
She telt the Heid Dwarf (Shug by name) on page 26

1 matches

Steele, Gregor Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
Whase name is Shug the Spug, on page 16

1 matches

@OliphantWullie tweeted
fyfe A think it wis Wullie or Shug McIlvanney wha wis sent tae t (2022) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
tae Eck an Eilidh, Nan an Shug. on page 77

1 matches

Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
'Yer coat's wringin Shug' on page 99
'Yer coat's ringin Shug'. on page 100

2 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
on's needs tae paraphrase big Shug MacDiarmid. An Brexit. Goad. on page 81

1 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
ted by @shugmcmillan Nice one Shug, great stuff fae Mark here. G(2020)
birthday tae auld(er) mucker Shug @shugmcmillan Hope like me th(2020)
s met forby. Some chookie wis Shug ????????????????(2020)
n @ColinBurnett16 Mony thanks Shug, gey appreciatit! Feel free t(2020)

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