Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'gawin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

gawin	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	7.8	25	8
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	26.6	6	1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	2.6	1	1
WCE - West Central	13.8	3	1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh	12.6	2	1
GLA - Glasgow	16.3	3	1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	13.4	10	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 gawin in Corpus

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General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
I'wie things are gawin, they're fair dumfoonerin me. on page 178

6 matches

(South) East Central

Fleemin, Sandy Deid Come Nevermas, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
sixteent century wi the poet Gawin Douglas (1475-1522). In the f
1 matches

West Central

Clark, Thomas Aw Aboard! The fecht for the Scots language stairts the day!, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central - Bellshill, blog
s hiv really asked for - an, gawin bi the smeddum o the wans ah
1 matches

Clark, Thomas Till Houletgless an the Soond o Money, (The Scores 2018) Central, prose
ckoning o his daily rates wis gawin up an up an up. Ilka mornin T
e wis ready an the plates war gawin oot, Till wis still sittin th
2 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Builders, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
. ‘Naw Barney we’re no’ gawin ’ oot in that!’ ‘Bit we�
ba!’ ‘Naw Barney, we’re gawin ’ fir a coke! You comin?’�
2 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
" said the Moose. "Ah'll keep gawin. 'Edwin an Morcar, the earls on page 26
know whether she wis comin or gawin. Whit the Hatter jist said se on page 69
"Ah'll no be gawin there again, that's fir sure! on page 75

3 matches

General Central

Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
bedroom windae, seen whit wis gawin on, and like jing flung a hau on page 6

4 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 56 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
t coud gang for a hurl on the Gawin for a Busrun Ring, a wabring on page 15

1 matches

Connelly, Gordon Celebrating Ithers, a letter tae somebody wirth celebratin, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, blog
d yin or memmer o yer faimily gawin forrit?
yin person keepin yer faimily gawin ower this past year? Mebbe yo
wi that person noo? Or are ye gawin back tae an earlier version o
3 matches

Ahmad, Nyla How We Celebrate – scrievin prompt, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, blog
t thochtie weddin invitations gawin !
1 matches

@ClashCityClarky tweeted
ett16 Weel duin, an guid luck gawin forrit!(2019)