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Use in varieties of Scots

giggle Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.5 8.1 6 0 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences2116 4 0 1 0 0
Number of authors16 11 4 1

Occurrences of giggle in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
Peopie ooh n ah, the lassies giggle, n Big Eck walks up tae me. A on page 25

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
Scratchy wantit tae giggle but it would not have been wi on page 1

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
rth an mischief is brewin, we giggle 'ae wirsels, punch each other on page 3

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
ort' ah tell him, as ah hae a giggle tae masel. "Listen, ma first on page 34
"Eggshells?" ah giggle. "Fur fuck sake, Aldo. Yae ji on page 109

2 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
an me an Harpreet startet tae giggle. on page 15
it oot. Charlene startet tae giggle an ah nearly did as well but on page 24

2 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
r broo, replacin it wi a saft giggle. on page 38
nks."' Cinderella startit tae giggle. "Awa, ye daftie,"' she shrie on page 84

2 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
chiel _ gied oot a screichie giggle and daundert aff. on page 49

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
he Ice Bucket Challenge fur a giggle. on page 33
Ah giggle. Ah love folk wi a sense o fu on page 88

2 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Sweet Sang o the Widd, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
id awmiaist couldnae help but giggle. on page 98

1 matches

Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
difference he’d aye fucking giggle an look right proud. Enormobi
1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2020) Central, prose
an me an Harpreet startet tae giggle.
1 matches

@ionafyfe tweeted
times. The mug just makes me giggle.(2020) search twitter

Doric

Innes, Brian P. Tales Fae The Doric Side - Thochts o a Teacher, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
pils that wid hiv hid a richt giggle at me gettin a ragin fae the on page 50

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Ah ken." Betty stairtit te giggle an aa. "Fit a bliddy sicht Ah on page 84

1 matches

Young, Morna The Twa Chrisses, (Scots Language Center 2021) Doric, prose
ncifu wyes. And I’ll nod an giggle, maskit an affrontit aboot ma
1 matches

@McGoo1888 tweeted
drink yer dram and have a wee giggle...he will feel better for it. (2022) twitter link

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
is readin. An shü startit ta giggle, an dan laached an laached. R on page 25

1 matches

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