A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

gasped Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.6 5.7 7.5 9.9 11.6 0 8.9
Number of occurrences2111 5 1 2 0 2
Number of authors16 9 3 1 2 1

Occurrences of gasped in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Sara Echo and Narcissus, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012702) Central, poetry
nie, as ah passt, ah nearlins gasped. on page 92

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Beekman, Tony Lallans 85 - The Belt, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
is a bit o common sense,' he gasped. 'Richt!' Mr. MacNeil suddenl on page 41

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
t nane cuid gie, she focht an gasped like a drounin body for ilka on page 28

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
"What!!" she gasped. "I thought you were telling on page 71
ale white while the hale room gasped. on page 192

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
ounced aff the wire an aabody gasped. Wi his yin remainin dart, Da on page 94

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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
Her lassies-in-waitin gasped, "That flooer smells gorgeous on page 85
in the shape oa bonnie bird!" gasped the Princess. "Look hoo weel on page 86

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Bates, Gregor The Death Dance, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - East Dunbartonshire, weans
I gasped. “But ma family?!”
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Muir, Glenn Al Fresco, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
“Fish?” Frank gasped incredulously.
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ed aroon her thrapple, an she gasped. “In front o witnesses.”
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Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - TROUBLE WI WITTGENSTEIN, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
"Goad, he's faain asleep," gasped Andra an stairted bouffin an on page 86

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 75 - The Petrol Tanker, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Doric, prose
“Fit?” Ah gasped. “Nae fear!”
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Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
Eck an the ither twa helpers gasped. "Oh nae Big Betsy". Och says
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Hutchison, Pat The Three Cannels, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
in as reality struck her. She gasped wi the pain and that’s fin
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Hutchison, Pat Tarrarra boomby ae, This is my dying day, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
him like a bliddy kipper. He gasped again as he reached for his T
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Orkney

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
is heid. Professor McGonagall gasped.
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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
"Sarah!" shü gasped, "Oh, my God, Sarah! My lovel on page 23

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@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
@itsJuliaHardy I gasped oot loud (2020) twitter link

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
"Och son," gasped Maisie, clatchin hir dressin on page 10

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King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
It’s coul! It’s coul!’ gasped Jenny.
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