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The word 'gut'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
gutOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus10.33322
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 32.7 10 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 2
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 10.7 8 6
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 41.7 3 2
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 88.3 1 1
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of gut in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
- there's some problem wi me gut - Hid wis fairly started thi on page 64

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
mak lynie's oot o al bit's a gut an twine fit wis lyin aboot, on page 1
er weis jist aboot a fuddim a gut tae go. So am hingin ontae ei on page 11
n thi feish awa an keepen thi gut's, "Feel broot." on page 20
an weis proseedin tae pet thi gut's ontae thi ripper heook's. H on page 56
ious noo an an startct petten gut's ona mey heook's ena an, "Bo on page 57

6 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
We're awa tae gut the herrin, we're awa tae Yar
stude as hale as the day the gut-gas gralloched humankind wi i
2 matches

Hutchison, Pat Tarrarra boomby ae, This is my dying day, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
thocht o stonkers but by the gut wrenchin pain teerin throwe h
He’d seen plenty men die o gut wounds afore and usually they
2 matches

General Northern

Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - The mornin o the waddin, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
thrapple. Err's a scrum in ma gut, a stramash o conflictin emot on page 98

1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
n like a sucker punch tae the gut he hits me wae it: "Ah goat a on page 117
e even hit the shelfs yit. Ma gut feelin ig tellin me tae ignor on page 150

2 matches

Clark, Sara Indyref 2: Aulder, Wiser, Kinder, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
is a muckle doolander tae the gut, for example. The pyne wis a
1 matches

West Central

Campbell, Karen Gie it laldy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Glasgow, blog
sel tae articulate the in-yir-gut things that maitter tae me th
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
hilarious gin it werenae sae gut-wrenchinly terrifeein. on page 120

1 matches

Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 82 - Biggin the Great Nor Road, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
st week's slauchtered stirk's gut. on page 66

1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
bottles ae pound nasty, pure gut-rot dry cider that cost a qui on page 12

1 matches

General Central

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
ch a threid o my sark an I'll gut on page 106

1 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
hnuts steched wi mingin goose-gut batter, and Beek had twa gall on page 31

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
Mum's always said go wi your gut instinct. Always go wi your g on page 27

3 matches

Douglas, Ashley Eemis Stane 1 - Editorial: Scots Belangs Tae Awbodie And Naebodie, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
As ye're aboot tae see - oor gut feelin wis spot on. on page 4

1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Than an nou — poverty, makkin dae, an leukin oot for ilk ither, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
sh for ma granny tae clean an gut an mak intae fish pies. But h
1 matches

@raiphsays tweeted
@goanabootbiddy He he!! Alles gut!!(2020)

South East (Borders)

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
@Helenmarchant9 Listen yer gut instinct!(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
near-seen in its gut-sprung on page 42

1 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
@dgplacenames Aye, the Carse Gut is yin Ah see maist days. Gre(2020)
g beer belly "Aye, he's got a gut lik a poacher's pooch."(2020)

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
His quare roon gut weel lin't wae guid pussin, on page 51

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Inside ma gut, lake meltin wex, Tha sap rin on page 64

1 matches

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