A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

gob Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.7 4.1 9 0 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences158 6 0 0 0 1
Number of authors12 6 5 1

Occurrences of gob in Corpus

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Central

Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
t forby yon last contemptuous gob, he awready looked aboot mair on page 140

1 matches

Brown, Ian Lallans 70 - The Scots leid in modren Scots drama, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
rgie that gub is jist English gob wi a Scots accent, bit A hear on page 34

1 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
unsteik his ticht-lippit wee gob.' 'Whit's yir taill the nicht on page 14

3 matches

Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
Glisterin globs o gob! Whit fun! on page 13

1 matches

Beckett, Mavis Duncan Lallans 59 - Auntie Aggie, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
slavery smacker richt on the gob. on page 118

1 matches

Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
n the eon between leaving his gob and reaching uptae his pal’
1 matches

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
y wye Ah'd spik te yon little gob-shite again is throwe a mediu on page 17

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 58 - Dour, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
spittle, pyochered an spat a gob o slivvers straicht inno the on page 51

1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Bulletbroo, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
wa. But on that he keepit his gob shut.
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Tabby Sooker, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
. A half dizzen o them in yer gob and yer mooth, nasal cavities
1 matches

@fittiecrooners tweeted
oot fer a pint bit yon rent a gob in the bar has turned ma bar (2020) search twitter

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
adio tae slow doon a bit. Her gob gings like clipped cloots.(2019) search twitter

Ulster

@Angelinekking tweeted
, but naw, she opens thon big gob o hers and next thing ye know(2020) search twitter