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Use in varieties of Scots

geein Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words13.2 13.6 19.4 0 17.4 0 0
Number of occurrences4327 13 0 3 0 0
Number of authors17 10 5 2

Occurrences of geein 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

Burnett, Mikey nobody remembers the birdman - It's Ladle, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
ist Brooke's crackle that wis geein me the buzz. It wis also the on page 36

1 matches

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
on ae the wee lassie an she's geein me a fuckin snidey look. 'Ste on page 3
'Awrite,' ah mutter in reply, geein her a grimace ae a smile, on page 5
perly grittin his teeth, he's geein me everyhin he's goaf here. } on page 13

4 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
ture n aw that. She wis heavy geein me the eye. Ma cousin wis lau on page 6
owards us wae their arms oot, geein it straight back, pure bold c on page 19
chool! Yir dead, wee man! A'm geein them the finger n tryin no ta on page 28
, YA SCUMMY BASTARDS! A roar, geein them two middle fingers. The on page 34
s arms oot wide, laughin n no geein a fuck. The remains ae the To on page 46

5 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
"Ah ken this cunt is probably geein yur burd her medicine the noo on page 64
erin and ah could tell he wis geein the question some serious con on page 96
ut no Aldo, he's hellbent oan geein poor Alan a right piece ae hi on page 106
front door as wey ae avoidin geein him the satisfaction ae makin on page 117
ints who wid fuck a pool cue geein half a chance." on page 132
Also on pages 142, 144, 146
8 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
d the laddie birlin and squee-geein aboot like somethin on the en on page 144

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
geein yi an internal on page 21
eh think eh must-uv been geein misel on page 104

2 matches

Mortimer, Cara Bewaur o th tap tap tap, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
€™s no goin awa an noo at’s geein me the boak, tae be completel
1 matches

McKinlay, Kieran Walk Way to Fame, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
2, ah could see ma team mates geein up so ah shoued "Cmon lads, h
1 matches

Geraghty, Martin A Bad Sport, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
me the day,’ he says afore geein it back. ‘Another fuckin’
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
the burra bus for wick btw - geein me the silent treatment auld (2020) twitter link
am no geein nowt away bit elton john sing (2020) twitter link
whae wis the wimmin that wis geein a bhoy a blow job at an asda (2020) twitter link

Doric

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
b's. Noo, we met eis lad fyle geein oot free sample's tae thi hot on page 38
t tae freshen awfa qwick, nay geein ye muckle tyme tae mak fur sh on page 46
s makken fur aift, Skim still geein thi injin attention, hidna se on page 51
een on?" Thi lad say's, "Fyle geein ma a daggers." So aye say's, on page 61
y, bit ma throttul ste1k weis geein thi jallop ower mukkul thrott on page 68

5 matches

Thom, Bill The Quait Chiel, (Tapsalteerie 2013 ISBN: 9780992663100) Doric - Banff, poetry
So A'm geein her eis final show!" on page 22
Wis geein him thi bore. on page 27

3 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
geein her a wide berth an sayin not
1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
judgin time. Jonsar Eck wis geein a wuman an a chiel a hand tae
1 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
DJ at Hampden is geein it laldy.(2020) search twitter
rbo trainer in i garage. Been geein a blast ivvry noo and then. T(2020) search twitter

@beast_afc tweeted
at loon Scott Wright doon an geein a deal tae 2024. Earnt in spa(2020) search twitter

Shetland

Laurenson, Hannah Lisa Da Maa's Eggs, (Hands Up For Trad 2019) Shetland, prose
asmie cam and sat on his lap, geein him a big bosie.
1 matches

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
Da Quendale selkies are geein it laldy and da stars are pin(2013) search twitter
Loving da laverock geein it laldy :-) my first singing(2015) search twitter

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