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The word 'gorgeous'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
gorgeousOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus21.26820
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 2
EDN - Edinburgh 12.6 2 2
GLA - Glasgow 10.9 2 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 72.1 54 7
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 gorgeous in Corpus

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Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
y gave up building here. It's gorgeous but I'm sick already. It's al on page 107

1 matches

Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
r for introducing me to these gorgeous peerie birds. Really interest(2016)

Mid Northern A

Wilson, Katie Becus a hae a sister a hae a friend, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Buckie, prose
legs and skinny tummy, in yur gorgeous lang blonde hair that a wid j
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Ah wis on STV North wi ma gorgeous Lyn Gowden Retriever @lyn_gol(2020)

General Northern

@Franwella tweeted
back fae Fort William. Fit a gorgeous day(2011)

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
n his knees. "Thae Amazons is gorgeous." on page 38

1 matches

(South) East Central

Muir, Glenn David of Seafield, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
a yorkies, a Pomeranian and a gorgeous border collie. Naturally the
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ur Social Dancin an he's pure gorgeous: he's only aboot twenty-odd a on page 22

1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
How ya doin there gorgeous, kin eh git yi on page 100

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
n lass wi flashin dark een an gorgeous lang black hair. Monie o the on page 78

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Edinburgh

Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
onious? Ye’ve aye loved the gorgeous wee bastard twice as much as
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
in auld weemen push aside the gorgeous, devotit boy wha follaes him
1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
scheme she comes fae. There's gorgeous scheme queens n then the loya on page 23
ped, faded jeans. Hur face is gorgeous, high cheek bones n big green on page 26

2 matches

General Central

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ned. As much as ah'm wearin a gorgeous pinny and white toap. The jai on page xvii
ught it anyway. They' ve some gorgeous coats oan the flair below the on page 54
k again at Lizzie. She'd such gorgeous big lips, and as much as ah d on page 58

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Briggs, Susi The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - The Princess and the Grumphieman, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
n gasped, "That flooer smells gorgeous!" on page 85

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@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
ow you normally look is still gorgeous that's no gonna stop fannies (2020)

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
ferent o the attention-seekin Gorgeous George but i quaisten Madame (2020)

@SusiBriggs1 tweeted
_hardy @JonathanMeres That is gorgeous ?? thanks for sharing Alan. I(2020)
t favourite sangs tae sing. A gorgeous performance. ? https://t.co/V(2019)
@billykayscot Gorgeous couple! Love seeing auld phot(2018)

@Chazzbat tweeted
@MissPotkin Ye ayeweys luik gorgeous, wummin! Behave yersel.(2020)
wGirl Lovin yer hair. Ye look gorgeous x(2020)

@PeoplesPoet77 tweeted
njlansdell @IonaMcKay Morning gorgeous ?? glad you've got yer coffee (2022) twitter link
ar_welsh Whit I like tae hear gorgeous ?? just got back from the pub (2022) twitter link
sat on the government benches gorgeous an yer bonnie wee fit nae tou (2022) twitter link
lansdell Aww glad tae hear it gorgeous ?? had to redo the poem. Thin (2022) twitter link
sh Aww dinnae get a sare heid gorgeous ?? look at oor wee Martin. Tu (2022) twitter link
and 38 other occurrences.

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