A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

gap Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words16.5 13.4 24.1 0 0 72.4 17.7
Number of occurrences5326 16 0 0 7 4
Number of authors30 18 8 2 2

Occurrences of gap in Corpus

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Central

Haddow, Kris nobody remembers the birdman - The Incomer, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
unexpectit. Queer that, sic a gap syne the first twae, and wae on page 78

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Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
n hingin draped owre the door-gap tae the on page 137

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Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
iercing. There's a millimetre gap _ between hur two front teeth on page 26

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Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
front o' tha' wummin wi' the gap-toothed smile oan her fizzer on page

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Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
tae the bar and nuzzle a wee gap in amongst the bodies. It's C on page 1

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McPartlin, John Lallans 81 - Fower Australian Poems, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central - Dollar, poetry
Alow a ruif-gap, a rain staint wa's writ on page 16

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Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
e pit his heid up through the gap. He let flee a dementit skrai on page 39
poued himsel oot through the gap in the flair and stertit flin on page 40
hat Mr Tod could brick up the gap in the waw. He wis bummin awa on page 72

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Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
Ah knew there wiz a gap beneath the rail. Ah lost ma
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Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ther profeel shawed throu the gap whaur Miss Marjoribanks bided
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Clark, Thomas Aw Aboard! The fecht for the Scots language stairts the day!, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central - Bellshill, blog
lphi tae mind us o the muckle gap atween whit oor leaders promi
aitural resoorce that'd lea a gap the size o Darién's in oor n
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Hodgart, John Scots Language Act: Oor weans hae richt tae see mither tung respectit, (The National 2021) Central - North Ayrshire, newspaper
lpin tae close the attainment gap in oor schuils.
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Harper, Emma Promoting the Scots Leid, (The Scottish Parliament 2021) Central - Stranraer, government
rd in shrinkin the attainment gap; encourages memmers o the nei
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Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Peerin through the gap ay the partially closed door,
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Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ggin intae the pointed mortar gap at the tap ay the brick, ma l
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Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part two of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ere.’ he sais, pointin at a gap oan a list ay scored oot name
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Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
McDade’s closin the gap doon, his relative fitness ta
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McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Music, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
An' though theres a gap tae yir right,
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Crawford, Ross At Stake, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
t ajar. Ah keeked through the gap and saw Arnold Schwarzenegger
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Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
a shadowy eye peerin roon the gap the security chain allows, â€
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
s sister than, for aa the age gap? That wad explain the faimly
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Geddes, Jenny Fling the creepie in January, (McRenegade.Scots 2018) Central, blog
The advice is surely Mind the gap atween who ye are an’ who y
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Crawford, Ross At Stake, (productmagazine.co.uk 2022) Central - Stirling, prose
n room. Ah keeked through the gap in the door tae see Arnold Sc
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@LowEndJardo tweeted
t felt like a full generation gap when a found out she didny kn (2021) twitter link

Doric

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
water splooshed en throo thi gap's. "En blin panic," aye roart on page 49

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Elphinstone Institute Aiberdeenshire Cooncil – Scots Leid Guidelines, (Aberdeenshire Council 2017) Doric, government
in till closin the attainment gap an improvin achievement;
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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
wye ower roch steens ben the gap tae the wee rim o grun that l
he bridle path makkin fur the gap tae jyne her. Wee Kieran Ande
r roon an heidit back tae the Gap. They didna win tae Adam's Pe
sea an hard bi the side o the Gap.
ar the blastit rock aside the Gap affordit umpteen ledges, like
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Uri, Antonia Fit tae dae aboot obesity?, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
ion’ causes a bigger social gap in ma kintra, than tae me itâ
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Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
oot ma bed and look through a gap in the curtains. A black heli
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Harper, Edith Soon Awa, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2021) Doric, poetry
The gap atween hert an mind
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Uri, Antonia Here's the problem wi the trad wife muivement, (The National 2020) Doric, newspaper
lace sexism an the gender pey gap, nae encouragin it. An, that
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@72redz1903 tweeted
decision making reflects the gap in quality. Generally, too mu (2022) twitter link

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
could donate copies as a stop gap. No?(2019) search twitter

Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
ither athort the gap atween hir hoose an eersel, r
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@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
art of sooth. See that muckle gap! https://t.co/sMtenkuH13 http(2020) search twitter
in several places below that gap, there is nae way fir me to g(2020) search twitter
Look at that muckle gap! Hence, we arenÂ’t part of so(2020) search twitter
v ye but... there is a muckle gap between Grand North and North(2020) search twitter
ngst NE and Sooth is a muckle gap! Tae start with a wee introdu(2020) search twitter
and 1 other occurrences.

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
blue licht siddelt throu the gap in the curtains. She open't t on page 47

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Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
forrit thaire bes yet a baag gap in proveesion fer Ulster-Scot on page 28
tradeetion. Yin example o' a gap in oor inheritence bes fae th on page 30
cots commonities, thon fundin gap bes a sarious hannlin. on page 36

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