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The word 'glib'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
glibOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus2.587
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.8 2 2
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 glib 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.

Mid Northern A

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
the sun can clear his een, Wi glib notes sain the simmer’s gree (2020) twitter link

(South) East Central

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
He wesna verra glib-gabbit, tho. Eftir twa-thrie
1 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Traivells wi a Cuddie i the Cevennes (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-5-1) Central, prose
ne pliskie, wes dailie day an glib-gabbitlie forssit on ma tent. on page 5

1 matches

General Central

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
Whit wis Ah daein wi yon glib-glabbit scunner? on page 15

1 matches

Morning, Carey Neeps and Tatties, (self-published 2020) Central, weans
ae here's the hail gist o oor glib-gabbit sang: on page 39

1 matches

South East (Borders)

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
n yeir. Mr Roedemor, whae wis glib, cuid tell ae
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
Nae glib-glabbit patrones tae guide me on page 47

1 matches

Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
a glib wee fact or two. on page 107

1 matches

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