A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Concordance

The word 'gap'

Use in varieties of Scots

Occurrences of gap in Corpus

Mid Northern A

Elphinstone Institute Aiberdeenshire Cooncil – Scots Leid Guidelines, (Aberdeenshire Council 2017) Doric, government
in till closin the attainment gap an improvin achievement;
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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
wye ower roch steens ben the gap tae the wee rim o grun that l
he bridle path makkin fur the gap tae jyne her. Wee Kieran Ande
r roon an heidit back tae the Gap. They didna win tae Adam's Pe
sea an hard bi the side o the Gap.
ar the blastit rock aside the Gap affordit umpteen ledges, like
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Harper, Edith Soon Awa, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2021) Doric, poetry
The gap atween hert an mind
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Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia Fit tae dae aboot obesity?, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
ion’ causes a bigger social gap in ma kintra, than tae me itâ
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Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
oot ma bed and look through a gap in the curtains. A black heli
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Uri, Antonia Here's the problem wi the trad wife muivement, (The National 2020) Doric, newspaper
lace sexism an the gender pey gap, nae encouragin it. An, that
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General Northern

(South) East Central

Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ther profeel shawed throu the gap whaur Miss Marjoribanks bided
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Crawford, Ross At Stake, (Medium 2021) Central - Stirling, prose
t ajar. Ah keeked through the gap and saw Arnold Schwarzenegger
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Crawford, Ross At Stake, (productmagazine.co.uk 2022) Central - Stirling, prose
n room. Ah keeked through the gap in the door tae see Arnold Sc
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West Central

Hodgart, John Scots Language Act: Oor weans hae richt tae see mither tung respectit, (The National 2021) Central - North Ayrshire, newspaper
lpin tae close the attainment gap in oor schuils.
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Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Music, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
An' though theres a gap tae yir right,
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
s sister than, for aa the age gap? That wad explain the faimly
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Glasgow

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
tae the bar and nuzzle a wee gap in amongst the bodies. It's C on page 21

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Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
Ah knew there wiz a gap beneath the rail. Ah lost ma
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Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Peerin through the gap ay the partially closed door,
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Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ggin intae the pointed mortar gap at the tap ay the brick, ma l
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Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part two of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ere.’ he sais, pointin at a gap oan a list ay scored oot name
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Bennett, Peter Park trife, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
McDade’s closin the gap doon, his relative fitness ta
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Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
a shadowy eye peerin roon the gap the security chain allows, â€
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General Central

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
front o' tha' wummin wi' the gap-toothed smile oan her fizzer on page

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Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
e pit his heid up through the gap. He let flee a dementit skrai on page 39
poued himsel oot through the gap in the flair and stertit flin on page 40
hat Mr Tod could brick up the gap in the waw. He wis bummin awa on page 72

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Geddes, Jenny Fling the creepie in January, (McRenegade.Scots 2018) Central, blog
The advice is surely Mind the gap atween who ye are an’ who y
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@LowEndJardo tweeted
t felt like a full generation gap when a found out she didny kn (2021) twitter link

South East (Borders)

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
art of sooth. See that muckle gap! https://t.co/sMtenkuH13 http(2020)
in several places below that gap, there is nae way fir me to g(2020)
Look at that muckle gap! Hence, we arenÂ’t part of so(2020)
v ye but... there is a muckle gap between Grand North and North(2020)
ngst NE and Sooth is a muckle gap! Tae start with a wee introdu(2020)
and 1 other occurrences.

South West (Galloway)

Harper, Emma Promoting the Scots Leid, (The Scottish Parliament 2021) Central - Stranraer, government
rd in shrinkin the attainment gap; encourages memmers o the nei
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East Antrim (Larne)