A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

giftie Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.5 1 7.5 0 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences82 5 0 0 0 1
Number of authors4 2 1 1

Occurrences of giftie in Corpus

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Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
re's nae doubt she had a rare giftie fur bein luved by every bairn on page 60

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
efter the tour, as a special giftie, aw o them will be gien enoug on page 23

1 matches

Doric

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
“I wis bocht this Yule as a giftie fur a wee loon bi his granny.
“Here’s a wee giftie fur ye,” quo he. An he furl
Geordie Bruce, “Here’s a giftie frae me.”
et an ran oot tae gie her HIS giftie, the reid junk-jangle. Efter
, “Mrs Scott’s richt. Yon giftie is a bobbydazzler.”
5 matches

Ulster

@MarkThompStuff tweeted
w wave of confidence - “the giftie gie us tae see oorsels” - m(2020) search twitter