A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

ghaisties Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words1.9 1.5 4.5 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences63 3 0 0 0 0
Number of authors2 1 1

Occurrences of ghaisties in Corpus

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Central

Thoumire, Elizabeth Halloween, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
the idea that keepin awa the ghaisties said tae flee aboot in the mi
thegither agin ony stravaigin ghaisties or bogles! Oor mither aye tel
2 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Three days in October, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
up an doun the trees; animal ghaisties flittin in an oot, an wee bea
1 matches

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
Nigh sax hunner ghaisties,
Nigh sax hunner ghaisties,
Nigh sax hunner ghaisties,
3 matches

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