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The word 'ugh'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
ughOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4134
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 70.3 2 1
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
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 9.1 2 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders) 25 2 1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 219.7 7 1
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 ugh in Corpus

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North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
"Ugh!" sade e Lory, wi a shiver. on page 24
come wrigglan doon fae e sky! Ugh, Serpent!" on page 50

2 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
"Ugh!" said the Lory, wae a shiver on page 26
r guessin - anither serpent! Ugh. Serpents!" . on page 52

2 matches

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
"Ugh!" said th Lory, wi a shiver. on page 25
me wrigglin doon frae th sky! Ugh, Snake!" on page 51

2 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
re tae am someday else?'-but, ugh dear!" gret Alice, wi the tea on page 20
says it kills aal the rats an-ugh dear!" gret Alice in a sad vo on page 23
aye tae hae lessons tae larn! Ugh, A wudnae lik that!" on page 35
"Ugh, sure it's an airm, yer honou on page 37
"Ugh, what a nice wee pup it wus!" on page 42
Also on pages 44, 52
7 matches

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