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The word 'gabbin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
gabbinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.91912
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 10.7 8 5
SEA - South East (Borders) 37.4 3 1
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) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of gabbin in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Johnston, Mary Lallans 81 - A Day at Edinbro Feestival, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric, prose
oorse she wis ower teen on wi gabbin wi her freens an nae waatchin
1 matches

General Northern

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
stertit gabbin ta yon auld wumman – aye, h
gabbin ta her freend thit shae widna
2 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
ree last things afore ah stop gabbin aboot it,' Matilda said. 'Ple on page 201

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Mindin on Willie McIlvanney, (Bella Caledonia 2015) Central - Bellshill, blog
cannily tryin tae direct the gabbin tae ony ither subject but his
1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
en. Raggle’s twa hauns made gabbin mou’s. He had managed this
1 matches

Glasgow

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
Gabbin tae dugs on page 8

1 matches

General Central

McGregor, Iain Lallans 85 - Archie Dodds, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
He had a saft, cannie wey o gabbin, ettlin tae eemitate fowk he on page 21
deid, A telt masel agane. The gabbin wis ower. The wytin wis ower. on page 25

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
A MAGIC GABBIN KEEKIN-GLESS. on page 21

1 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
id Pooh intae himsel. 'I dike gabbin wi Rabbit. He speaks aboot wi on page 51
r tae find oot whit they were gabbin aboot. on page 74

2 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
Sae for a while there wis nae gabbin at aw. There wis jist the soo on page 76

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
That dinna deave wi their gabbin, on page 5

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 73 - Waashin Day Weirriors, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
git cotched. Thai lukked oan gabbin gabbit is Lang Meg flew it El on page 66

1 matches

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
e dae, sae Ahlice sin sterted gabbin agin. "Ah ken Dinah'll miss i on page 10
hite kid-gloves while she was gabbin. "How can Ah hae done that?" on page 19
ng, an th Queen, whae were aw gabbin at yince, while aw th rest we on page 84

3 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
e the hairth while his ma sut gabbin. Lily lifted him upstairs wi on page 59

1 matches

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