Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'gives'

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Use in varieties of Scots

gives	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	5.9	19	13
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	6.5	2	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	10.2	4	2
WCE - West Central	4.6	1	1
DUN - Dundee	10.6	1	1
EDN - Edinburgh	6.3	1	1
GLA - Glasgow	5.4	1	1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	6.7	5	4
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)	13.9	1	1
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 gives 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.

Orkney

Hall, Simon W. Lamborghini: Cult o the Bull, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, blog
resso; it makes us happy, and gives us energy.
1 matches

Mid Northern A

@DoricPhrases tweeted
RAF-23WM-75DA-33KD-02NV this gives you the opportunity to watch (2018)
ottish accent. Nae really, it gives us fowk fae #Aiberdeen a rich(2018)

General Northern

@72redz1903 tweeted
n - see V Hibs. Ref actually gives it tae them (2023) twitter link
s developing as left backs - gives one or two o them the opportu (2022) twitter link

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
Megan gives me a noad tae confirm this is on page 44

1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
kewizz1960 @OfficialQosFC who gives a fuck - good luck to the gu (2020) twitter link
see it u must b blind - who gives a fuck if folk get in - away (2020) twitter link
covid says it all 2 me - who gives a fuck about the usa - all u (2021) twitter link

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
Och who gives a shit, said Charlene, Everyt on page 26

1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
ords, ladies an gentlemen, it gives me great delight tae announce on page 72

1 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
ma name. The doac smiles and gives oaff an aura ae friendliness
1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
ent tae the fact that no cunt gives a fuck aboot the place. It's on page 3

1 matches

General Central

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
n hur two pence in wi me. She gives aff the impression that if sh on page 34
dge that the Clan wish me bad gives me an uncomfortable feelin ah on page 89

2 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
pol1314 The coo eats grass an gives milk(2020)

@PeoplesPoet77 tweeted
am. Ah dinnae like cheesecake gives me the boak! (2022) twitter link

@LowEndJardo tweeted
er all ma bank details if she gives me the right look (2021) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
'the kiss one lover gives to another on page 37

1 matches