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The word 'guisin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
guisinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.53119
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 1
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 13.7 3 3
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 26.5 20 9
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 guisin in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Irvine, Owen Eldritch Story, (The Gaudie 2018) Doric - Banff, weans
z twaul year auld an wiz gaan guisin wee his pals fan he wiz dairt
1 matches

Cormack, Liam Hallaeen, (The Gaudie 2019) Doric - Banff, poetry
But ma freens are gaan oot guisin
1 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
ough aa i neeps left ower fae guisin. Neeps wi iss, neeps wi all. (2019)

General Northern

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
k him wi them fyles they were guisin' and the pen(2020)

West Central

Sands, Finn THE GHAISTLY FITBAW MATCH, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
Tam felt excited. He wis gaun guisin’ later. He hud decidit tae
here he kent awbuddy else oot guisin wur gethert thegither. He spi
2 matches

Dundee

@d_anderson878 tweeted
Jist gied guisin ae time: ma Mam didnae haud w(2020)

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
ight anaw. We wurnae goin oot guisin fur Halloween anymore but it' on page 5

1 matches

Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
oot there, roon aa the hooses guisin’ ken – hence oor paltry p
1 matches

Durie, Nick The Best o the Baith o Thaim, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
shawn up as naething mair nor guisin front groups. Yer Labour and
1 matches

General Central

McGregor, Iain Lallans 87 - The Neep Lantern, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Central, prose
it bletherin aboot Halloween, guisin an makkin a neep-lantern. Bei on page 22

3 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
nae feastin noo, nae dancin, guisin, liftin o the hert on page 39

1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Halloween, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
ers an dressed oorsels up for guisin in claes borraed fae oor mith
eened intae oor lang trollopy guisin claes. A wee bit soot fae the
2 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 59 - A Stot an a Cleg, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central, prose
A scootie-allan guisin as an aigle;
1 matches

@jack_capener tweeted
@FinlayMcF Ye spelt guisin wrang.(2019)

@iainnicol tweeted
Guisin is OK tho. https://t.co/4MTDZ(2020)

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
@celticwitch1995 Guisin for a poke gin ye dae yer par(2020)

@DABArbuckle tweeted
tellin jokes tae get a treat. Guisin richt enough(2020)
r how mony bairns will be oot guisin dressed as the Tory Party(2020)

@LairnScots tweeted
chin an giese yer best #Scots guisin turn! Mind an yaise #guidguis (2020) twitter link
ots Language Centre's virtual guisin event! Post yer Scots sang, r (2020) twitter link
oan Hallaeen? Post yer #Scots guisin turn oan social media yaisin (2020) twitter link
Guid Guisin! #Scots https://t.co/Eu1YNjcU (2019) twitter link
Guid Guisin! #Scots #ScotsEdu https://t.c (2018) twitter link
and 3 other occurrences.

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
hins see oot the auld year wi guisin Galoshans on page 77

1 matches

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