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The word 'gig'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
gigOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus14.44719
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 32.7 10 4
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 31 7 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee 42.5 4 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 63.7 14 4
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 13.3 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 gig 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. No the Six o Clock News, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Orkney, blog
er culture tae get their next gig. Brian Cox’s weel-documente
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"So far wis yer last gig?" on page 60

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
ady tae harness it teetle the gig fur the hurl doon the roch ro
k hid harnessed Tibby tae the gig an wis wytin wi the rynes oot
be ower at first licht wi the gig tae takk ye intae the toon ta
'Ony sign o the doctor's gig?' speired the skiffie, as she
p the doctor fin he drave his gig up the road tae speir foo ill
7 matches

Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Kieran an Aidan, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
then ill natur at his maakin gig intil him? Is aat e wye he’
1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Mrs Clushet o Faaldydykes, (McStorytellers.com 2018) Doric - Banffshire, prose
afore he yokit the horse and gig for this day’s rounds. Gett
1 matches

General Northern

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Loch Skeen, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
ns the Bleckcocks. Thay dae a gig tae mak the Grayhens
1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
rick pony with his consultant gig and never find himself in suc (2022) twitter link
in Ritzy’s and their last UK gig at Reading ‘83. Whilst hitch (2020) twitter link
er near the Capitol efter the gig and efter asking fit each dee (2020) twitter link
say ‘Fit Like’ at an efter gig set in Aiberdeen - funny as (2020) twitter link
in tae Stevie Marriot efter a gig, early 80s at the Venue in Ai (2020) twitter link

@fittiecrooners tweeted
ng or twa before or after the gig in my pub doon the harbour? N(2016)

West Central

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
e withoot that Google Fifteen gig a’ Broadband fur fifteen qu
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
B model, pairt o the obscene 'gig economy' that his become sae on page 90
shuid aw mind that the haill gig economy is affy attractive ta on page 91

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
nicht on their wey tae a pub gig in Perth. They on page 100
oot the door an aff tae their gig. on page 102

2 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
t. Getting chucked out of the gig, making a fool of yourself, f on page 16

2 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
"We miss the gig son." on page 3

10 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Saisonal: Thrawn as Winter's Gig on page 48

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Arabian Monkfish (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
Still though, it wis a good gig. The grungers in the crowd di
1 matches

General Central

Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
s, houever, when she got me a gig as the drummer in her pipe ba on page 8

1 matches

Douglas, Ashley The Smeddum o Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
in Glesgae arenae ready fur a gig tae be ower, ye’ll hear cha
1 matches

@g_hibby tweeted
done.. :) Enjoying this Lego gig.. :) I'm away tae assist the (2022) twitter link

@jax6754 tweeted
r making ma first ever Comedy gig viewing awesome at The Stand (2014)
risRamsey Glad you had a guid gig! But...ahem....what happened (2014)
y never ever been tae any big gig yet! Hugggggssss fae Scotland(2015)
k up courage tae go tae a BIG GIG!??? XXX(2015)
ir venue! Hee hee! Hae a guid gig Mr Ramsey!?X(2015)
and 1 other occurrences.

@MartinBroon tweeted
e Is that no the big Parkhead gig?(2019)

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