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The word 'gentie'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
gentieOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.7298
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 75.4 17 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.3 3 3
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 9.2 7 5
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 gentie in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

General Northern

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
ees an the parks, sae lown an gentie the kissies it gies thaim! An on page 12
your wyte," the Rose eikit on gentie-like. "Ye're stertin tae cryn on page 28
ere avaa?" she eikit on, mair gentie-like. "Mak a beck fan ye're t on page 29
t her up agin a tree, an said gentie-like "Ye can rist a filie nou on page 33
Ailice didna think it wad be gentie tae say "Na," tho it wesna fi on page 34
Also on pages 35, 39, 40, 45, 49, 51, 63, 69, 78, 79, 89
17 matches

(South) East Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - The Cream Cookie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Midlothian, prose
the sin cam oot, thare wis a gentie souch, the merles an mavises on page 59

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
kil boukit man, at gied hir a gentie salus an
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 86, (self-published 2001) Central, newspaper
ith dominie minds seein sic a gentie officer mairch intae a kailwi
1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
da Threip descendin in a lang gentie parabola on tae the playin fi on page 108

1 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D The Kirk, The Skuil, The Buik (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2007) Central, prose
s furby awned ti be the maist gentie an tret. It bene yaised fur a on page 12

1 matches

General Central

Donovan, Anne Gone are the Leaves, (ISIS 2014 ISBN: 978-1445099262) Central, prose
her, but there is something a gentie lass like yoursel will be int on page 3

1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 67 - William Motherwell (1797 - 1836), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
herin sangs as nae mair nor a gentie ploy, but it gart him leuk at on page 69

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - review, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
kirr an virr o comedy - the gentie an mensefu afftakins o Moliè on page 109

1 matches

Hodgson, Brent Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
tickit sair bi the fushermen. Gentie fowk wul walcum MacKay's beuk on page 91

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Flittin In, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
swung tae the roadwey wi sic gentie grace. Mair like a duke’s d
1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 59 - A Stot an a Cleg, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central, prose
Yon gentie ane it myns, I ken that weel,
I lippen til’t, kennin your gentie hert;
2 matches

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