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The word 'gype'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
gypeOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus15.34925
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 75.2 23 6
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern 162.8 1 1
ABN - Aberdeen 23.7 2 2
DOR - General Northern 70.9 16 11
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
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) 88.3 1 1
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster 28.1 2 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of gype in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Cameron, Alan Lallans 90 - Drumtulloch, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
a need tae spikk oot lood, ye gype, jist think the wirds. Cause on page 84

3 matches

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
he wis safe the great muckle gype But there's aye somebody read on page 15

2 matches

Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
winter. I did a twirl like a gype an she teen a richt laugh tae
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
clappit ower their Lugs. Some gype played an echtsome reel
gype Kirsty the Coo, It’s a rock
“He’s either a gype or a hero,” they cried. “
3 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
butor o Doric phrase G'wa' ya gype fit means Go away you silly p(2014)

@FaeFoggie tweeted
ower i hunnlebars. Felt sic a gype.(2019)
to pick een or i ither. Fit a gype https://t.co/OXHoUxKSwF(2019)
ti caa yon feel, he i biggest gype iss side o i border. @DoricPh(2019)
ti caa @ChrisMochan a muckle gype. (ps. I'm awa sunnin up aa in(2019)
woodsidewullie @Historic_Ally Gype. Hunner pircint(2020)
and 8 other occurrences.

South Northern

Diansangu, Mae naebdy likes a clype, (Scots Hoose 2021) Doric, poetry
ken him as that thievin gype
1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 84 - Jamie’s Day Oot, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
it on, than, ye preen-heidit gype!' said the bouncer pluntin hi on page 45

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 63 - Shelts, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Doric, prose
, an nae hae her thinkin ye a gype.”
1 matches

General Northern

Petrie, Kimberley Tales Fae The Doric Side - A Letter Tae Ma Younger Sel, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
Ye'll still feel like a gype in yer waldies, on page 26

1 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
I' biggest gype 'at ivir cam tae work here on page 97
id grin is thinkin I'm a feel gype. on page 145

3 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
onybody lyeukin mair o a feel-gype!" a Violet Said, sae suddent- on page 27

1 matches

Bundy Broch The Doric Min, (YouTube 2020) Doric - Brouch, poetry
Look at yon feel gype, he is affa glekkit
1 matches

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 63 - A Wird i Yer Lug, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
dictionar cam oot, some feel gype said it wis a peety A hidna h
1 matches

@AMaxwell54 tweeted
yon orraloon is a richt feel gype! (2020) twitter link

@72redz1903 tweeted
Andrew61 @AberdeenFC ?? fit a gype (2021) twitter link

@cligeey tweeted
@DavidMc23906667 Gype(2020)
Gype alert https://t.co/3XBOcXaw14(2020)
Boris awa again? what a gype(2020)

@daleser23 tweeted
@Paul_Coull boys a fuckin gype. I miss sid(2013)
@conlin41091 hes a fuckin gype(2013)

@Franwella tweeted
thy ballad, the muckle gawkit gype ????(2020)

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
nivver postit e' picter. Feel gype. https://t.co/ZYXvwtrlXK(2019)

Dundee

@d_anderson878 tweeted
think the mannie ony mair o a gype. Bit he thinks he catcht the (2020)

General Central

Strachan, Shane Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
or actin like a gype, on page 22

1 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
Harg True but it dis mak thon gype's purportit hobby a the mair (2020)

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Warwick, Matthew Fergie an Freens oan tha fairm, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2011) Ulster - Rural Mid-Antrim, weans
l o yersels an quat ectin tha gype!" girns Sadie. Wullie an tha on page 11

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
"Aye, he's a gype! Thon's fur sure. Him an aal on page 45

1 matches

General Ulster

@the_gellick tweeted
s a lot; glipe is like Scots "gype". We hae a brave lot o insult (2014) twitter link
@MillarTap The oul gype/glipe debate! Baith guid an b (2016) twitter link