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Use in varieties of Scots

geez Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.2 6.2 9 0 0 20.7 0
Number of occurrences2012 6 0 0 2 0
Number of authors9 4 4 1

Occurrences of geez in Corpus

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Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
rry fur his work so he didnae geez the full story. Dae yae ken w on page 33
He geez me an approvin noad aboot ma on page 39
Which geez the boay enough time tae make on page 45
fae his big auld bear paws. "Geez that fuckin hing" on page 135

4 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
yir presence geez me thi boke, on page 45
Ah nah - dinna geez it, on page 51
Eh love thi texture it geez ti thi air on page 74
so dinna geez yir shite on page 107

4 matches

Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
g even close to yer vicinity. Geez the artisanal cleaver!’.
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
An action which inadvertently geez me the opportunity tae soak i
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
the Costa Del Sol. Ah hink it geez him some hope that it be migh
1 matches

@MartinBroon tweeted
black, wae honey hen” ??. “Geez a shout up when it’s ready”(2020) search twitter

Doric

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Geez oh! Are the quines shorts get(2018) search twitter
Geez oh! Ye forget ae Doric wirdie(2018) search twitter

@daleser23 tweeted
@sallieaxl geez a flash o yer gash(2013) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
Geez, spik aboot ma legs nae being(2016) search twitter
Geez, yon barmaid manager come toa(2019) search twitter

@JamesAmcvean tweeted
@SbBarclay Geez ye a buzz eh? (2021) twitter link

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
-oot fur snakes nicht an day! Geez, Ah havnae hae a wink o sleep on page 51
dae tae meet thum this size: geez, Ah would gliff thum oot thei on page 53

2 matches

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