A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word '-go'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
-goOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus0.311
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of -go 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.

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine WHIT TAE WRITE NOU?, (https://harryjosephine.com/ 2015) Orkney, blog
s Matthew Fitt’s But n Ben A-Go-Go, set in a fleudid future S
-Go, set in a fleudid future Scot
2 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
wi the ither day: a pey-es-ye-go shiny silver communications s on page 52

1 matches

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS nummer 109, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
But n Ben A-Go-Go maks
MATTHEW Fitt's But n Ben A-Go-Go haes been pitten on tae the l
for the lang leet, But n Ben A-Go-Go is the anelie ane in Scots
-Go is the anelie ane in Scots an
But n Ben A-Go-Go - Matthew Fitt
5 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 115, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
o the kenspeckle "But n Ben A-Go-Go", will present a copy o "T
-Go", will present a copy o "The
o Matthew's novel, But n Ben A-Go-Go,"Easier to read than Shake
-Go,"Easier to read than Shakespe
itt's first novel, But n Ben A-Go-Go, is published bi Luath Pre
6 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
A Merry-Go-Roun o Inefficiency or Corrup on page 119
an weel ower price: the merry-go-roun o profiteerin keeps on i on page 123

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
He wis jist thon kind o happy-go-lucky lad, that aye had a smi on page 63

1 matches

Glasgow

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
The Meno-go-roon on page 31
the ride o the meno-go-roon on page 32

3 matches

Bennett, Peter Carpe Diem, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Ah check the paiy-as-ye-go phone McNulty gied us fur mes
1 matches

Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
The wee Nokia 3110 Pay-as-you-go phone they gave me beeps in m
1 matches

General Central

Clark, Thomas Eemis Stane 2 - Editorial: A Twa Wey Street, (Eemis Stane 2023) Central, prose
unk tour-de-force, But n Ben A-Go-Go. on page 3

4 matches

McLeish, Alistair Lallans 102 - Eco Cheil, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, poetry
grafin, Heckn oan some food-to-go Fruit flavourt watter, Irn Br on page 39

1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth For the fat romantics, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
; mair success in the food-tae-go mercat, daein up 132 stores t
k thim intae ‘baikery-on-the-go’ shops, wi plans tae open 1
2 matches

South West (Galloway)

Haddow, Kris nobody remembers the birdman - The Incomer, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
that marked ye oot fae the get-go. Sly glances passed atween fo on page 76

1 matches

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
hic-hoc gilly-go performance on page 54

1 matches

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