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The word 'gees'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
geesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.6328
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 41.3 16 3
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 1
GLA - Glasgow 45.2 9 1
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
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 28.4 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of gees in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

@FaeFoggie tweeted
@DoricPhrases Gees buttery porritch and I micht (2019)
ngus, nihin weird ken. He aye gees me a bosey fan he see mi.(2019)

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
fuckin make-believe idea that gees us hope that hings will git b on page 18
Megan gees me a stern look. on page 29
s and Craig's relief. He jist gees a faint chuckle and seems tae on page 78
tells me. "A win's a win, who gees a fuck how we git it. Cannae on page 107
dinnae git me wrong, but who gees a fuck aboot the standard ae on page 111
Also on pages 112
6 matches

Chalmers, Aimee Lallans 59 - Joukene Poukerie, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Fife, prose
und. Ye bikit up the terrace. Gees, thae wheels went fest! Ye wa
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
author if eer makin eer debut gees a shout m8 - ee canna beat a (2021) twitter link
ic - ony time ee need a trim gees a shout m8 - av goat the pro (2021) twitter link
coconut airways mair like - gees a brek lol (2020) twitter link
@DalksThistle @AfcSandys gees a shout if youve ony games pl (2020) twitter link
eursFC good m8 - well mind n gees a shout if theres any games a (2021) twitter link
and 4 other occurrences.

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
giein it lahldie tae the Bee Gees How Deep Is Your Love. Crikey on page 33

1 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
t ae a visit tae the hospital gees me the fuckin creeps.
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
me wae unconditional love and gees an expression that says the f
1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
ack pockets roon his eyes. It gees yi the impression he's always on page 7
adrenaline gees yi that sick-making, dancin f on page 19
nae cunt, n A mean nae cunt, gees them shite, understand?' The on page 25
l, but smiles n winks. Monica gees us a wee cheeky smile anaw. Y on page 26
ink. Monica giggles. Patricia gees us the sexy scowl, like she's on page 27
Also on pages 51, 54
9 matches

Ayrshire

Wallace, Lorna Tae A Selfie, (lornalouwriting.wordpress.com 2014) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
But then wan photie gees me fright;
1 matches

General Ulster

Adams, Rab Yarns 3 - A Ghost Story, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - Ulster, prose
t in ghost huntin efter that. Gees mae a giggle yet, it daes.
1 matches

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