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Use in varieties of Scots

gawn Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words11.1 11.6 19.4 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences3623 13 0 0 0 0
Number of authors10 7 3

Occurrences of gawn in Corpus

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Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
one again. Her wee thumbs are gawn like the clappers as she type on page 6
nk he cin quite process wit's gawn oan. It's aboot tae get a lot on page 27
gh. Huv a wee toot tae get ye gawn.' Disco dips a key on page 31
s then Paco says, "Right, ahm gawn in.' on page 31

4 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
'Gawn grab they bottles fuck sake, on page 14
e spikey fence. Ma pals ir aw gawn wild. Laughin like fuck. The on page 15
FUCKIN P. Just lettin loose n gawn crazy. It's dark n baltic, a on page 16
'Gawn hod that fur us, wull yi?' on page 27
t but this cunt is fast, legs gawn like Sonic the Hedgehog. on page 34
Also on pages 47
7 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
'Ahm sorry,' ah say, gawn doon the stair efter tae make on page 3
t, right, start hinkin ah wis gawn schizo or suhin. Ah hink the on page 75
ocess. 'The auld cunts are aw gawn mental noo, Apart fae mah gra on page 171
upright in the Carpet nearly gawn right through the wee cunt's on page 173
SAMMY, THAT'S IT THAT HING IS GAWN RIGHT IN THE BIN!' Mah maw sh on page 174

7 matches

Mc Rae, Thomas The Neep Lantern, (Lowdown-L 2009) Central - Central, prose
he kirkyard still scares kids gawn by. Uz fur mahsel’? A loack
1 matches

Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
Five hundred years gawn an dem got
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Afore we hud ri telly, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Saltcoats, prose
atches if yur fag didnae keep gawn oot, wid it no'?”
1 matches

@alistairdunn tweeted
as if danny caz is actually gawn tae play bowls(2013) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
cialQosFC plenty odious cunts gawn about - oh n add nigel farag (2020) twitter link

Doric

Robertson, George C. Lallans 87 - Bluid An Banter, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Doric, script
Bruce: That's it: the sun's gawn doon. Time tae waaken ma mais on page 40

6 matches

Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Furst Time, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
door wis yin thing bit as for gawn intae the hoose, that wiz ani
Key. Include me oot. A’m no gawn intae naebdy’s hoose.”
2 matches

@McGoo1888 tweeted
ough and through...they arnae gawn tae please abody but by feck (2022) twitter link
et has nae oomph it's no even gawn tae start ah rolling aboot fi (2022) twitter link
Scotland is gawn tae wipe oot the folk who hav (2022) twitter link
Rebs oan...England yer gawn tae get binned soon ya daft c (2022) twitter link
Russia v Ukraine is gawn tae kick offsky (2021) twitter link

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