A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

gentleman Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.1 7.7 12.1 19.9 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences2615 8 2 0 0 1
Number of authors17 9 5 2 1

Occurrences of gentleman in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
thought he was lovely, eh? A gentleman. A harmless old guy. A wee ho on page 21
'Ladies and gentleman, singing the hits of the Rat on page 25

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
's your first left. There's a gentleman already with him." on page 178
"You're a gentleman, Aldo" she said, grinnin fae on page 194

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
congratulate the cook. When a gentleman hus et a particularly guid me on page 117

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
nder o the original company o gentleman subscribers that had raised t on page 89
he Deil. Nou in Scotland thon gentleman is aften presentit as mair li on page 117

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
door open. I can be a perfect gentleman when it suits me, ye ken. But on page 24

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Robertson, Colin Lallans 73 - Auld Scots law, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
e hundreth merkis, for everie gentleman unlandit tua hundreth merkis, on page 24

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Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
s an appearance. An Edinburgh gentleman wha visitit wir offices the i
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Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part two of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
” I have a position here; a gentleman, Mr. McGregor looking for a l
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@kennethbryce184 tweeted
rian_Pacey @HaddAth aways the gentleman brian - youd make a luvely s (2020) twitter link
hat a haddington stalwart n a gentleman that wood b the perfect santa (2020) twitter link
oyes1108 good m8 - laddies a gentleman on n off the park btw - n we (2021) twitter link
liverpool great manager and a gentleman - respect (2020) twitter link

Doric

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 84 - The Ferlie, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
y, aye smilin. 'Aat's anither gentleman aathegither. He's some aaler on page 77
ot? Tak aat haancuffs aff the gentleman this meenit!' on page 83

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 68 - Gordon’s Gairden, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Doric, prose
min' Professer Traill, fit a gentleman he wis, an Professer Laird, a on page 35

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
t it the eyn o 'Officer and a Gentleman' fin he scoops her up in his on page 70

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Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"I'm sure the gentleman has other appointments to kee on page 26

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 79 - The Tattiebogle, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
r. But Ah saa that it wis nae gentleman o the road - it wis a tattie on page 13

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Wilkie, Dave , (Facebook 2022) Doric, poetry
tter than a romantic Scottish gentleman poet, fit kin a say? She’s
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@Manuforti1968 tweeted
year's next keep fit fad..The Gentleman Jack Power Walk. Late Georgia(2019) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Then, Keith wis a gentleman fairmer, wi acres o grund tae on page 42

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Hall, Simon W. Bonny Isle o Sanday, (Brisk Northerly 2016) Orkney, blog
heritage, teu. The Victorian gentleman-farmer Walter Traill Dennison
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Ulster

Stewart, Kenny The Bread Van, (Facebook 2020) Ulster, poetry
driven by wee Robbie Steen a gentleman at heart
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