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The word 'gary'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
garyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus33.110623
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 16.3 5 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 46 18 6
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 57.5 43 11
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) 1214.8 37 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of gary in Corpus

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Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Gary Mirrland, whose subsequent on page 7

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
MERRY CHRISTMAS Gary Christie wakened up on page 15

4 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
. Ah'v hid a richt dose o the Gary Glitters - like caffies' sco on page 53

1 matches

General Northern

@Franwella tweeted
Oo Gary's brutal. He's nae takin ony (2011)

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
"Aw, that's great, Gary" ah sais. on page 116

1 matches

McAlpine, Joan Meeting of the Parliament, (The Scottish Parliament 2019) Central, government
he Scottish Government. Actor Gary Lewis, who is a great support
1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 63 - The Smithsonian Folklife Festival 2003, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
e Polwart, Stanley Robertson, Gary West an mony ithers were gien
1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
eculation o twenty year syne. Gary Beaton. She had kent him frae
ily wumman, faain pregnant wi Gary in the fag-en o her ferteelit
-eed, braithless for a gliff. Gary Beaton cam closer, seein naet
is words intil the bouer, but Gary didnae luik ben, rinnin on in
n nae step ootside for fear o Gary: there had been nae yowl, but
13 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 86, (self-published 2001) Central, newspaper
hose scone munchers James and Gary will be drooling over your at
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
mmevo @JackGilchrist__ who is gary barlow anyway lol (2020) twitter link

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
e thi Hilltoon, Kevin McCabe, Gary Robertson an thi fleh Fifer P on page i

1 matches

General Central

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
omin fae the dinner hall. Mrs Gary must be makin tablet again. M on page 15

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
Cathy's children, Gary and Leanne, hur grandson Lewi on page 7
en wis Pokémon oan ma cousin Gary's Gameboy - and he'd snatche on page 31
ah pull intae the cemetery?' Gary says. 'It's Granda's annivers on page 49
Gary's drivin as slow as a day in on page 51
'Granny,' Gary says. 'Are you alright?' on page 59
Also on pages 60, 62, 63, 64
26 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
n this date twa freens, cryed Gary Wood an Colin Wright, wis dri
1 matches

Ewen, Allan Review: Saltire: Invasioun, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
ohn Ferguson, Tone Julskjaer, Gary Welsh. Owerset intae Scots by
effort frae Tone Julskjaer an Gary Welsh tae bring the cairacter
2 matches

@g_hibby tweeted
e have tae walk the hard road Gary... ??.. Enjoy mate... ?? (2023) twitter link

@jack_capener tweeted
onnie! Hope ye're steyin weel Gary(2020)

@RickHJohnston tweeted
Stick tae the fitba Gary, if ye think it's all ticket- (2022) twitter link

@billykayscot tweeted
@DundeePoet Gary, i never thocht I wad hae you(2020)

@Chazzbat tweeted
Wha's bin cutting Gary's hair durin lockdoon? Or, re(2020)
Ah'd heard a rumour that Gary wis gonnae kill Sarah. Ah thi(2020)
Oohhh. Mebbe Gary's the wan wha deis? #Corrie(2020)

@DABArbuckle tweeted
ish @BBCRadioScot Hae tae say Gary, yer daein a brilliant job oa(2020)
ther great show oan Setterday Gary. Fair enjoyed the banter and (2020)
rgot tae add "tae save lives" Gary.(2020)

@weenell3 tweeted
@hannah_gary Thanks Gary... a loadda dafties oot there (2022) twitter link

@ThonJacobite tweeted
led 'stars' like Zoe Ball and Gary Lineker millions o' feckin po(2021)

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
red o the games that Harry an Gary played. Ah was sick, sore an
wasnae sick, sore an tired o Gary’s sister, Jenny.
‘Harry an Gary dinnae like my games.’
ymair an ye winnae see much o Gary yince ye al go tae different
‘Harry an Gary say that ah'm a right Jinny i
37 matches

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