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The word 'gote'
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Use in varieties of Scots gote Occurrences normalised per million words Occurrences Authors
Dialect map - Usage over time
Total Corpus 13.4 43 7 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
371
8
1
SEC - (South) East Central
2.6
1
1
WCE - West Central
96.5
21
1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
2.7
2
2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
139.1
10
1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
17241.4
1
1
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 gote 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.
North East Central
Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes , (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
"A trauchle is when ye've gote tae dae somethin but it's no on page 6
ig for him. "Looks like ye've gote nae problem wannerin monsters on page 14
He jist wants tae see that ah gote the hart. Then ah'll bring hi on page 16
tae Arcadia. Could ye no have gote me tae huckle the boar and th on page 26
houtit. "Let's see whit ye've gote ." on page 31
Also on pages 38, 40
8 matches
(South) East Central
@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@simonhibs1875 av gote ma image tae think oh - ad g (2021) twitter link
West Central
Shoor Caan, Angus Tasteless , (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Saltcoats, prose
aw ri trimmins; no' whin A'v gote a choice in it.
wan year's en' tae ri nixt. A gote involved roon' ri pool table
ae exactly cover aw rat birry gote ri message rit A couldnae tal
smell ri lamb roastin' whin A gote hame an' A hud tae check rit
couldnae smell nu'hin' birra gote a wee blast aff ri heat.
7 matches
Shoor Caan, Angus Afore we hud ri telly , (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Saltcoats, prose
ce a wis shair tae get whin a gote back.
e in ma poakit. Bey ri time a gote back wi' ri shag 'n' rat, a h
'um faithur ren, no' tae wey gote ri phone in, “ris'll bey ri
i hell is ri pleasure tae bey gote fae ri 'hings if rey belang t
4 matches
Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks , (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
A noo believe a've gote a Poltergeist.
spider an’ a toaty wee fly Gote oot o’ the rain tae huv a d
Ma Granny’s gote a helluva skite Wi’ the lef
ch made me think mibbes e’d gote the wrang door
e bits Only ‘hing a huv'nae gote is nits They cannae cut it oa
10 matches
General Central
Thom, Williamina Lallans 75 - Oor Tibby Pagan , (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, weans
y ee, a Hunch on her back, an gote aboot wi the help o a stick.
1 matches
@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
wer. I mean ae cundie, syver, gote /yett, stank, jaw-hole, smeu h (2020)
South West (Galloway)
McDonald, Hamish The Girnin Gates - Chapter 12 , (Itchy Coo 2003) Central, prose
ur breakfast anen set aff. We gote intae Jimmie Deans's van, an
raigallian, wher Mr Gobbs hud gote nabbed poachin when ee
burras, an gote another two. Mr Gobbs decidit
ur miles an miles, an when we gote tae the tap Da
withoot gettin wet. Ah gote the camera oot an took some p
8 matches
McDonald, Hamish The Girnin Gates - Chapter 3 , (Itchy Coo 2003) Central, prose
wis fillt up wae evacuees. Da gote a haud a some blankets an hud
that very moment, she wid've gote pulverised tae burger-meat bi
2 matches
Donegal (East Donegal)
Swannock Fulton, Rab ahm grinnin lik an eejit , (Association for Scottish Literary Studies 2005 ISBN: 978-0948877698) Ulster - Galway, poetry
ahv gote hunnurs ah waant tae say on page 38
1 matches