A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

gonna Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words41.7 53.7 40 0 11.6 0 4.4
Number of occurrences129101 25 0 2 0 1
Number of authors29 20 6 2 1

Occurrences of gonna in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
"Wit yi gonna do?' Patricia asks us. on page 27
'Shit, son, wit you gonna do?' - . on page 41

2 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
But it's gonna cost yi, on page 1
it's only yir life that's gonna be tragic. on page 2
eis gonna put yi on yir back. on page 8
Uv course em gonna tell yi lehs on page 19
Uv course em gonna on page 20
Also on pages 39, 43, 46, 63, 98
13 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
escape feelin like ah'm never gonna gonnae be guid enough, even i on page 36

1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 63 - The Smithsonian Folklife Festival 2003, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
nin wirds were, “’We’re gonna need more haggis-burgers,’
1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ell, me and Mrs Harris wisnae gonna say onythin, but we seen her
1 matches

McKinlay, Kieran Walk Way to Fame, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
honest wi yeh a thought a wis gonna cut the circulation aff, ma f
aff, ma fit felt like it wis gonna faw aff. The changing room wi
2 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
€œOh ma God. Ah thocht ye wur gonna swing by here fur the keys. T
ootside. It looks like it’s gonna be a scorcher. Maybe that’s
2 matches

Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
symbol o’manhood and he’s gonna get us whit we want. Independ
1 matches

grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
ly after ah realized a wisnae gonna get laid tonight. Ma thoughts
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Arabian Monkfish (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
. . . thing is mate, you’re gonna ave to do one. Julie’s goin
1 matches

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
k is still gorgeous that's no gonna stop fannies chancing it ?? I(2020) search twitter
follow the law... That isnae gonna convince maself ??(2020) search twitter
ight then? I need to see this gonna check YouTube.(2020) search twitter
RobertMiggins It's was always gonna be a fudd if it's a tory.(2020) search twitter

@g_hibby tweeted
@bear1867 ??... I'm gonna have tae re-mortgage the hoos (2022) twitter link
@ggsinclair Yer gonna need a few days aff, tae get (2023) twitter link
nyhoos, more importantly, I'm gonna have tae get some wall shelve (2023) twitter link
it is better than me.. :) I'm gonna bash oan wi' ma Lego build.. (2023) twitter link
ick tweet tae let ye know I'm gonna be absent fae here for a few (2023) twitter link
and 4 other occurrences.

@jax6754 tweeted
Think Im gonna buy some books before goin ta(2014) search twitter
ow whit Counsilling course Im gonna dae... looking at yir coaches(2014) search twitter
@leobancroft Gonna be studying but smiling as ma(2014) search twitter
hardson3 Enjoy Edinburgh! I'm gonna be there the morrow! Ack awri(2014) search twitter
gger stores in Edinburgh. But gonna shop local until you open her(2015) search twitter
and 5 other occurrences.

@fourmenterian tweeted
(buying not baking) but still gonna give these butteries a go. Ca(2020) search twitter

@iainnicol tweeted
stewartbremner Last ever? OK, gonna hiv tae stap ma procrastinati(2020) search twitter

@MartinBroon tweeted
,between that and when wur We gonna eventually score in the????(l(2020) search twitter
aBuntin @spfl Cu#t$And WhoÂ’s gonna pay the speedin ???Naw yeez u(2019) search twitter
Along wae Oor 12th Man WeÂ’re gonna wi(2019) search twitter
rter??. Storm whitshisnameÂ’s gonna haud back, then stoap over th(2020) search twitter
Look whit the neutrals thinks gonna happen ??. ??. ???????? https(2019) search twitter
and 3 other occurrences.

@mcfarlane_irene tweeted
@standupfarmer Wha's gonna be mindin yer coos whan ye're(2019) search twitter

@SusiBriggs1 tweeted
@DrMDempster I'm gonna tell this yin at my Music Mat(2019) search twitter
@KCrommie @alandmcclure Yer gonna love it! ??(2019) search twitter

@billykayscot tweeted
@jpm1952 Gonna get me some o thaim!(2020) search twitter

@MizLiot tweeted
ocked me but basically it was gonna be ‘sorry, whit does my scri (2021) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
summits no right m8 - is it gonna hae tae b dry for a whole wee (2020) twitter link
uebell_FC @LEAFA_Official aye gonna b sum sexy fitbaw in that lea (2020) twitter link
y @HaddAth how do you ken its gonna b rainin lol - the hardy ama (2020) twitter link
itin oan that - thanx pal - gonna pit on ma wallyford bluebell (2020) twitter link
iam04150909 @garyshearer1 not gonna disagree with that - defo a (2021) twitter link
and 33 other occurrences.

Doric

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
I think I'm gonna be sad I wint tae go hame, ay on page 93
They're gonna wrap me up in plastic on page 97
Mmm, gonna try wi' a touchie help fae ma on page 128
Oh! MacFarlane, ye're gonna dae it on page 183
(Gonna hing oot noo, on page 190

13 matches

Robson, Euan Peelie wally, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
t. I thocht the day wis never gonna end.
n great! So great a thocht am gonna pit some music on tae keep me
2 matches

Johnston, Shaun The Forkie Gollach, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
e gaun tae the nicht. I wisna gonna tell her a’thing mind. Just
1 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
awa durin i tattie holidays. Gonna leave i ferm ti @Wattiejwatti(2019) search twitter

@beast_afc tweeted
ower merkland road gates but gonna hae tae try again. @ChelZRees(2020) search twitter
ck up and pressin, ref wisnae gonna change. Christie was an afa l(2020) search twitter
lose. #newfirmderby is back! Gonna be epic. #standfree #COYR htt(2020) search twitter
do now? Me an aw. Red shed is gonna see me the climb(2020) search twitter
mondo doon to the chippy but gonna walk it.(2020) search twitter
and 2 other occurrences.

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
winna be in for a filey. Nae gonna be as easy deein the 5 stage (2021) twitter link

Shetland

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
summer holiday at the moment, gonna up my search game!! (2015) twitter link

@shaetlan_rose tweeted
I imagine dy fringe show wis gonna go(2020) search twitter

Ulster

@OrangRuth tweeted
hcliath Thon Trees-are Gay is gonna try and make Snarlene Queen o(2017) search twitter