A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

geng Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words41.8 0 0 0 726.6 0 39.8
Number of occurrences1340 0 0 125 0 9
Number of authors10 9 1

Occurrences of geng in Corpus

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Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
"an even if me head wid geng trow," tocht poor Alice, "hit on page 12
shö wis da richt size noo ta geng trow da peerie door inta dat on page 13
ened, shö med up her mind ta geng inta da gairden at wance; but on page 14
an ooninterestin for life ta geng on ida oardinary wye. on page 15
ht Alice, "or maybe dey winna geng whaar I want dem ta geng! Lat on page 16
Also on pages 18, 20, 21, 24, 26, 30, 32, 33, 35, 36, 38, 52, 53, 55, 60, 62, 64, 65, 67, 76, 78, 85, 86, 91, 92, 93, 94, 100, 101, 102, 103, 106, 112, 113, 115, 117, 120, 121
56 matches

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
aand. Some ta herd an some ta geng wild.' An he med aa kinds o d on page 4
ey kent dat da flöd wid soon geng. on page 7
idder said dat things shoodna geng dat far. on page 13
You manna geng wi some idder body's wife or on page 16
'Lass,' Naomi said, 'geng du hame ta dy ain fock, lik O on page 17
Also on pages 19, 23, 41, 44, 48, 51, 53, 67, 69, 75, 79, 81, 101, 103, 109, 113, 116, 120, 121, 127, 129, 139, 151, 17, 160, 165, 167
36 matches

De Luca, Christine Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
lat geng, naeboady lifts a steyn. on page 29

1 matches

Nicholson, Hannah Eemis Stane 1 - Dance o da Selkies, (Eemis Stane 2022) Shetland, poetry
Da sun is oot as we geng tae da rock, on page 14

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
Da brotch hit could geng tae da depths o da ocean, on page 66
foo boadies, at wir stage, geng der gaet; fin freedom on page 86

2 matches

De Luca, Christine Paes Eggs, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, poetry
da lettin doon: hit hed ta geng
1 matches

Sandison, Iris Da Tree Peerie Grice, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, weans
"My bairns, you'll hae ta geng an mak your ain gaet i dis wi
said da first peerie grice, "Geng awa wi dee an laeve me alane!
said da second peerie grice. "Geng awa wi dee an laeve me alane!
said da third peerie grice. "Geng awa wi dee an laeve me alane!
f, he fell upo a plan. He wid geng doon da lum! So, up he guid,
5 matches

Johnson, Laureen Saands o Maywick, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
n weel laerned, an dey hae ta geng. So you mak maet tae dem, an
efter dat, dey wirna able ta geng aff very far efter fish.
nae guid, an I telled her ta geng in an mak maet. Dan Geordie c
oon his haand, an he says, ‘Geng du hame, Mam. We're fine, an
4 matches

Sutherland, Stella Half a Twalmont, (Shetland For Wirds 2014) Shetland, poetry
at’s blyde ta geng.
1 matches

Facebook link (Wir Midder Tongue 2016) Shetland
ny o you knitters use da word geng no sure o da spelling. My mam
ae say going tae dae twartree geng on me sock meaning twartree r

Watt, Valerie Tochts fae Tushie Truncherface: A Hamefarin hero, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
her wir usin peerie boats tae geng aa aroond Shetlan.
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Tochts fae Tushie Truncherface: Sky high fuel prices maks trows lie low, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
ter. Wi electricity mebbe tae geng up bi 40 per cent, I canna bl
hed wis a wait for da sun tae geng doon. Hit wis datn a fine nic
2 matches

Watt, Valerie A daander trowe Michaelswood, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
Geng a bit closer tae see him!”
1 matches

Watt, Valerie A skoit trowe da shops, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
hit’s no for me. I laek tae geng intae a shop an grip whit A
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Da secret wirld o Santie’s elves, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
ch aboot da location. I didna geng tae da Nort Pole laek a lok o
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Trowie time flees an aa, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
on factor o 300 so a trow can geng oot ony time, even in da bric
1 matches

Watt, Valerie A faersome feerie, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
o oilcloth or laminate widna geng amiss.
1 matches

De Luca, Christine Smootie gengs ta Lerrick, (SCOTS corpus 2003) Shetland - Bressay, weans
we'll dö wi Smootie whin we geng on holiday? We'll hae tae pit
wis göd. Shö could come an geng is shö plaesed, pickin apö
'Ya' said dad, 'we'll geng eftir you're unpackit. Da cat
'Dat means shö'll no need ta geng tae da cattery fur we dunna g
tae da cattery fur we dunna geng awa on holiday at da sam time
5 matches

@tattooedselkie tweeted
n apö me. Mind when we could geng tae events and hae bosies? I (2021) search twitter
n masks whenivver we need tae geng oot? Why do fokk no grasp dat(2021) search twitter
ot it. It's no lik I haed tae geng onywhar da day. #keyworkerlif(2021) search twitter

Ulster

Warwick, Matthew Tha Feardie Geng hae tae bide at hame, (Sensory Attachment Centre 2020) Ulster - Ballymena, weans
Tha Feardie Geng hae tae bide at hame.
Tha Feardie Geng kens whut gettin smit wi tha
Tha Feardie Geng wur vexed aboot
Tha Feardie Geng axed fur why dae we need tae
Tha Feardie Geng axed hoo giein yer hauns a gu
9 matches

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