Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'gaff'

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Use in varieties of Scots

gaff	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	11.5	37	21
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland	34.9	6	5
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern	4.4	1	1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	5.1	2	1
WCE - West Central	13.8	3	3
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow	103.1	19	5
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	8	6	6
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 gaff in Corpus

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Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
at serious at shö didna daar gaff; an seein as shö couldna tin on page 29
o sicht: dan he gae a peerie gaff tae himsel. "Sieccan a fun!" on page 94

2 matches

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
times ta greet, an times ta gaff; on page 51

1 matches

Ritch, Paolo A Remembrance Day, (Shetland For Wirds 2008) Shetland, poetry
Dan he gie a gaff ,
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Tochts fae Tushie Truncherface: Announcin Truncherfaece twins, (Shetland Times 2009) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
ied a sneester dat med wis aa gaff . Olina gaffed til she wis nea
1 matches

@shaetlan_rose tweeted
r as de English eens, maks me gaff wi de online connotations ??(2020)

General Northern

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
'v 'em in abundance roond yer gaff?(2015)

(South) East Central

Muir, Glenn The Truth Will Out, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
ing tae move intae some fancy gaff at North Berwick once she’d
gination. There wis nae fancy gaff in North Berwick, that wis ji
2 matches

West Central

Mortimer, Cara Bewaur o th tap tap tap, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
hin was aw ower th place, oor gaff wis a midden and there wis co
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
ys a widnae be back tae ‘es gaff
1 matches

Alston, Connor THE BLACK-EYED CHILDREN OF SCOTLAND, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
oose ‘n’ began reckin the gaff .
1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
side. Right intae a nice warm gaff, Oasis on, dae it properly. M on page 6

1 matches

Smith, Elaine C. The Glasgow Gruffalo, (Itchy Coo 2017 ISBN: 978-1785300592) Central - Glasgow, weans
ave a piece in my underground gaff." on page 3
it pronto tae iz underground gaff. on page 22

2 matches

Smith, Elaine C. The Glasgow Gruffalo's Wean, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303425) Central - Glasgow, weans
iskers tae, an an underground gaff! on page 18

1 matches

Bennett, Peter Just Another Minute, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
her week when ah wis roon his gaff , she’d looked much better;
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ckin Archie cunt again at his gaff , a flat just aff Kilmarnock R
sure units an drawers intae a gaff near you. Fuckin loaded, the
His gaff ’s wan ay they new build kit
3 matches

Bennett, Peter The Bothy (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
tles an joint ends aw oer the gaff , right?’ he sais wae some a
1 matches

Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
an wis frogmarched oot ay the gaff an bundled intae the back ay
e the street near Scanlon’s gaff .
2 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
inchester, ah’ll stay in ma gaff and wait fur aw this tae blow
te hus put me up in hur empty gaff because she couldnae get hame
m glad ah’m no in Senga’s gaff just yet. Ah know fine well s
3 matches

Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
late as he strides intae the gaff , impervious tae ma protestati
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Arabian Monkfish (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
at some good memories ay this gaff , know whit ah mean? We played
the balls tae go back tae ma gaff an flung the gither whit belo
n tae save up tae buy his ain gaff , he sais, an in London, that
3 matches

Bratchpiece, Neil The Wee Man Ft. Leo - Parliamo Glasgow, (YouTube 2014) Central - Glasgow, poetry
, the sun's away, back to the gaff
1 matches

General Central

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
wi't this time, for the giff-gaff inbye haed taigelt him, wi Ka on page 29

1 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
'Nae Giff Gaff,' Heehaw gaed on. 'Nae Trokin on page 141

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Wi langsybe giff-gaff, amblin shipmen lowsed on page 14

1 matches

MacKenzie, Douglas Eemis Stane 1 - Puir Finch, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, poetry
Though ye may gaff. on page 13

1 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 59 - A Stot an a Cleg, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central, prose
We ken na whit giff-gaff held its wey atweesh the twa
1 matches

@LowEndJardo tweeted
folks, won a watch wae ma new gaff. No paying for a room, locati (2021) twitter link