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Use in varieties of Scots

ga Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words13.4 3.1 7.5 89.4 17.4 31 75.2
Number of occurrences436 5 9 3 3 17
Number of authors14 4 3 2 1 1 3

Occurrences of ga in Corpus

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Central

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
nummert man for man - an sae ga the caution o a professional, on page 37

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
alkin. Hill-walkin! He's gaun ga-ga, I thinks ti mysel; still, on page 76

2 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
ga'ed his ain road on page 45

1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
w - ffs lol - aye its radio ga ga likes - aye u live and le (2020) twitter link

Doric

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
olinclyne Whaun’s thon shite ga’an tae doonload?(2020) search twitter

@FaeFoggie tweeted
a Torry quine. Eesed ti love ga'an ti Mike's chipper fir a re(2019) search twitter
ABDNComedyFest I'd usually be ga'an bit I'm awa sunnin masell (2019) search twitter
gh I dreels. He kens far he's ga'an. Says he's got a puckle o (2019) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
the day. That’s fit the wife ga’s tae me earlier! She’s eit(2017) search twitter

Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
ectively, wi her spune, afore ga'an on. on page 14
afore, thir wis no wey I wir ga'an tae let on tae him)" on page 15
ugh I hid no idea whut he wis ga'an tae come oot wi' nixt. on page 19

3 matches

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Ga on page 12

6 matches

Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
(schwa) /stikət/ (steekit), /gaɪzər/ (guizer), /dəmoɐrn/ on page 23
aɪd/ (blyde), /waɪ/ (wye), /gaɪzər/ (guizer) on page 24
z voiced alveolar fricative /gaɪzər/ (guizer); /bɔ:zi/ (bo on page 26

3 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
ae hersel "This is Bill", she ga'ed yin shairp kick, an waited on page 37
' twae guinea-pigs, whae were ga'en eet somethin oot o a bottl on page 39
muscular streength, which eet ga'ed tae ma jaw, on page 47

3 matches

Ulster

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
'Noo you,' qu' she, 'whiles ga wrang on page 16
Och mine him lake a shedda ga! on page 54

2 matches

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
Ga''en tae Mars on page 39

1 matches

Ulster Scots Agency Ulster Scots Census, (census.gov.uk 2021) Ulster, government
1. Ga tae www.census.gov.uk/ni
GA TAE
GA TAE H6
GA TAE H4
GA'TIL
14 matches

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