A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

gent Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3 3 4.4 9.9 0 0 0
Number of occurrences106 3 1 0 0 0
Number of authors7 3 3 1

Occurrences of gent in Corpus

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Central

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
n tent o' either philosphical gent. on page 49

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
THE SLEEPING GENT on page 59
re than anyhing else. An auld gent ah helped tae look efter died on page 61
ttin at aw. You wur a sleepin gent." Ah cannae hide ma relief at on page 82

3 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
or the big man guys - a true gent n big respect fae me (2020) twitter link
ot on will - brian is a true gent (2020) twitter link

Doric

Cameron, Alan Lallans 90 - Drumtulloch, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
it ye ken Aul Mains, he wis a gent fa gaed the aal weys. Haunfas on page 84

1 matches

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
A fancy like gent wi his missus perjink Chanced on page 15

1 matches

@beast_afc tweeted
le buds for the quines. Yer a gent(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
thballs bit I lukk'd a proper gent on page 29

1 matches

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