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The word 'gatten'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
gattenOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.5154
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 16.3 5 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 22.2 5 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 1
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 gatten in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
'd passed, it least she'd hiv gatten the gweed o Alec's new Punto. on page 23
"At beast's gatten roon wir hairts like a hairy on page 63

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
wint a waatch fir? Ye'v jist gatten a cooker wi a clock oan't.'"" on page 21
"Mebbe she's gatten up in the warld - turnt inte on page 23
ast coont o the scrapes she's gatten ersel intull." on page 51

3 matches

General Northern

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
tae finn the craiturie at hed gatten my aal name! Aat's on page 44
tae hersel: "we seem tae hae gatten past sat somegaits!" on page 51
eem't tae Ailice, gin she hed gatten some idder bodie tae dress he on page 64
"The brush hes gatten fankl't intil't," the Queen s on page 65
said the Queen. "Hae you iver gatten your fairins?" on page 66

5 matches

(South) East Central

McDowell, Diane Drummond (Ma's Bairns), (Independently Published 2021 ISBN: 979-8592734588) Central, prose
hurry... the brat thocht he'd gatten shot o me... gie him a hug, y on page 1

3 matches

General Central

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 79 - Oot o the Mooths o Weans, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
yer auld grannie shuin an yev gatten rid o aw yer auld grannie hai on page 93

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Less Trauchle Nor A Bairn, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
r a walk noo the Bruntons hid gatten a pram. She likit tae haud aw
1 matches

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