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Use in varieties of Scots

laldy Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words13.4 19 4.5 0 11.6 10.3 0
Number of occurrences4337 3 0 2 1 0
Number of authors27 22 3 1 1

Occurrences of laldy in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
s: bit this caused nae end ae laldy, the big birds moanin they co on page 29

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Robson, Frances Lallans 82 - The Locomotive, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
Let's gie it laldy! - Thir's nae time tae waste on page 30

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McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
night an they're up geein it laldy. Ah sidle up tae the lassie o on page 5

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McGregor, Iain Lallans 87 - The Neep Lantern, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Central, prose
ther aboot it. Syne ye'll get laldy!' lauched wee Mary. on page 22

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
emme! Rub it richt in! Gie it laldy!' that on page 52
i it. Dinna haud back. Gie it laldy. Tak tent everythin ye dae is on page 111

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
id cheer him on as he gave it laldy singin aboot Napoleon, that t on page 91

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Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
fur bein masel, ah'll gie it laldy wi the best o them. on page 6
nd Victor gat away wi gein it laldy in Scots wis because they wur on page 34
It's no like ah cannae gie it laldy in that department wi the bes on page 36

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Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
t, giein it én loco parentis laldy. But by lossin theirsels in t on page 69
o a crood o punters, giein it laldy. Klaus, Sunny, youse twa will on page 75
in brain were birlin awa like laldy. on page 111
. "Aye, Judge Strauss. Gie it laldy. Ye dinnae hiv tae stick tae on page 137

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Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
aw's eye already. She gied it laldy oan the phone, because everyo on page 1
tae Maw. She's always gein it laldy at family gatherings, a hink, on page 12

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Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
Gien it laldy wi th'investigation on page 10

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McCabe, Mary Lallans 73 - Soond shift, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
e lads in the ba park gien it laldy on page 49

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Gilmour, Rosie Fareweel tae Wallyford, (Scots Hoose 2017) Central, weans
We're gonnae gie it laldy and dae oor best
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Thoumire, Elizabeth In defence o SNHS, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
rvice. This is thaim giein it laldy ower the very idea that some
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Campbell, Karen Gie it laldy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Glasgow, blog
Gie it laldy, he says. So I do. Dae? I wil
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Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
ncin aboot oan ma bed gien it laldy.
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Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
e the cunt. ‘Gien it fuckin laldy in’t he? Who is it?’ ah s
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Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
il. The suppliers are gein it laldy already, and it’s ainlie ha
e. There’s a wumman gien it laldy aboot hur methadone at the co
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Wilson, Lucy Lock Doon, (Greenock Telegraph 2021) Central - Greenock, poetry
ration, we will aw be gein it laldy and the highlight of ma week
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Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
Gein’ it Laldy
Awis gein’ it laldy encompassin’ aw e’ the ab
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@ionafyfe tweeted
The sun is gien it laldy an it’s a fine mornin tae ha(2020) search twitter

@fourmenterian tweeted
@WingsScotland Giein' it laldy in Kirkcaldy! There'll be wra(2015) search twitter
t in there Krishnan. Gie them laldy!(2020) search twitter

@OliphantWullie tweeted
ews Gaun yirsel Billy. Gie it laldy !! Jist think....Speakin in t (2022) twitter link

@billykayscot tweeted
Gie it laldy, the baith o ye. https://t.co(2020) search twitter

@johnstone_shane tweeted
s thon synonymous wi "Gien it Laldy"? (2020) twitter link

@LairnScots tweeted
the Glesga-based shop 'Gie it Laldy'. #ScotsLanguage #Scots #Febr (2021) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
oot oan the streets n gee it laldy n they kin stick there tv lic (2020) twitter link

Doric

Shearer, Gillian Tales Fae The Doric Side - Guernica, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
'We gied it laldy, said ma Da, 'niwver aff the on page 43

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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
"Up ye gyang an gie it laldy", he leuch. "This pairty's fr
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@FaeFoggie tweeted
DJ at Hampden is geein it laldy.(2020) search twitter

Shetland

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

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
scry the young folk giein it laldy fir an in Scots eh. (2020) twitter link