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Use in varieties of Scots

giro Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.7 6.2 0 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences1212 0 0 0 0 0
Number of authors8 8

Occurrences of giro 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.

Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
. Jees, a wee snarl up wi the Giro an I'm aff the books? on page 1

2 matches

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
e wur waitin' in line fur yer giro at the post office an' the wu on page

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
e it a speh hole, wait on yir giro on page 37

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
she wis gaunnae buy wane her giro come through. Yi'll need tae on page 58
an tryin tae cash some guy's giro that they'd fun, they'd probl on page 169

2 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Gied us a fiver out o her giro on page 64

1 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
At the Sarry Heid on giro nicht. on page 43
s jist ma luck cause I get ma giro on page 117

2 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
'll pay back affa next week's giro. Meantime, I'm handin ma last on page 35

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
™s only a hunner there but ma giro goes in next Wednesday noo. .
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Rude Awakenings (Part one of two), (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
n get ready! Ye’ve goat yer giro tae get an it’s gaun oan fu
1 matches

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