A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'gasped'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
gaspedOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.71915
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 2
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 21 2 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 9.8 4 3
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 2
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) 65.7 2 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of gasped in Corpus

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Orkney

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

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

1 matches

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

Mid Northern A

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
1 matches

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
1 matches

Aberdeen

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

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 75 - The Petrol Tanker, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Doric, prose
“Fit?” Ah gasped. “Nae fear!”
1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
Eck an the ither twa helpers gasped. "Oh nae Big Betsy". Och says
1 matches

(South) East Central

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

2 matches

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

1 matches

Muir, Glenn Al Fresco, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
“Fish?” Frank gasped incredulously.
1 matches

West Central

Bates, Gregor The Death Dance, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - East Dunbartonshire, weans
I gasped. “But ma family?!”
1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ed aroon her thrapple, an she gasped. “In front o witnesses.”
1 matches

Ayrshire

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

1 matches

General Central

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

1 matches

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

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

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

1 matches

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

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