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Use in varieties of Scots

gossip Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.8 5.5 7.4 59.6 11.6 0 9.7
Number of occurrences2611 5 6 2 0 2
Number of authors23 9 5 6 1 2

Occurrences of gossip in Corpus

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Central

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
Gossip, stories, tales a-plenty; on page 10
Ah taen nae tent o thaur gossip, on page 11
Cooryin roon fir some gossip an craic. on page 16

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
get your story oot intae the gossip or folk would be suspicious a on page 1

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Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
's hairth gleg fir cordial an gossip. on page 14

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Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
cam fae. Ah'm no wan fur the gossip tho', so Ah'll say nae mair a on page 26

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
He hus alweys been a gossip, and tae be honest, ah'm surp on page 32

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Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
so if thir wis any interestin gossip in any the letters that time on page 169

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Calderwood, Lynsey Lallans 68 - Barlinnie Gradyooits, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
lso if thir wis eny intrestin gossip in eny thi letturs that tiym on page 41

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Perrie, Walter Lallans 73 - The Tod an the Stoat, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
by corner gossip an the like; on page 52

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Geraghty, Martin The Pusher, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
€™s easy tae get sucked intae gossip an hearsay wen idle. Av mer l
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Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
For gossip some fowk are aye on the scra on page 15

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Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
The gossip deet oan Jack's lips es the d on page 9

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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
or Meg micht gie her a bittie gossip she'd heard frae the fishwife
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McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
the gossip wis rife. Een thay didna ken
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Hutchison, Pat The Tabby Sooker, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
noticed though that the local gossip wiz there ana and her nose ne
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Orkney

Orkney Voices Group Gallows Ha, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Noo yir seen hoo the gossip on page 11

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Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Then we'd catch up on the gossip roond the fireside at nights. on page 58

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Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
Gossip is Orcadia's craesh thinks Ma on page 95

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Cormack, Kevin Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
gossip, clash, blethereen on page 10

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Hume, Caroline Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Gossip Broth on page 126

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Hall, Simon W. Tame Hogmanay, (Brisk Northerly 2017) Orkney, blog
o trepidation and excitement. Gossip and funny stories were repeat
1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
"I telt dee dis wis da kind a gossip we wid hae ta pit up wi, he g on page 19
wer da goit a dis door wi her gossip an clash," he said. "Jeannie on page 33

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Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
ation in maiters o slander an gossip, but it was a fortuitous cons on page 60

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Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
An lettin gossip keep ain growein. on page 22

1 matches

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