Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'gadgie'

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Use in varieties of Scots

gadgie	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	12.4	41	15
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	9.8	3	2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern	8.9	2	1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	18	7	2
WCE - West Central	22.2	5	1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh	6.2	1	1
GLA - Glasgow	10	2	2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	27.6	21	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 gadgie in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Irvine, Owen Eldritch Story, (The Gaudie 2018) Doric - Banff, weans
rie gings. Abdy says the only gadgie that deid wiz the man fa plan
1 matches

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
the mair common traivler wird GADGIE. Ither traveller wirds that a (2021) twitter link
torytellers, singers. joogle, gadgie, mangin @Historic_Ally @Davie (2020) twitter link

General Northern

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
fmBreakfast @CaroleInnes0 Aht gadgie wiz the 70s equivalent o Bez.(2020)
oeheenan Is this nae the same gadgie that himself voted by mail?(2020)

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 103, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
hare for the hinnermaist ane, gadgie , haes been in the Concise Sco
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
efs fae crossgates - a local gadgie lol (2020) twitter link
ay nights alright fir fightin gadgie lol (2020) twitter link
own @SaltSportsLive the radio gadgie is defo a bit slow on the upt (2020) twitter link
is it jist too cauld fir the gadgie? (2021) twitter link
cheers - the gadgie who unfollowed me had nae opt (2020) twitter link
and 1 other occurrences.

West Central

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
whin the hinges tore Bit the gadgie they wantit wisnae thair.
new perr a’ shoes Whin the gadgie says the rain wis comin’ A
Bit the gadgie says the fish wis aff
whin the hinges tore Bit the gadgie they wantit wisnae there. Tat
in heedin’ fur the boat Wan gadgie hud anurra bey the throat E s
5 matches

Edinburgh

Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
ng she wid see o him wid be a gadgie , wi aboot eicht inches oan he
1 matches

Glasgow

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
n the middle ay a word. A wee gadgie wearin fifties schuil shorts, on page 3

1 matches

Eunson, Catherine This Winter, (The Scores 2020) Central, poetry
Yon warehoos gadgie in his dun
1 matches

General Central

Robertson, James Precious and the Puggies, (Itchy Coo 2011 ISBN: 978-1845023324) Central, weans
eel-kent that if a hon eats a gadgie that's feelin crabbit at the on page 20

1 matches

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
angin' and squashed unner sum gadgie's oxter, stuck in a traffic j on page

12 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
aid Mr Tod. 'I can snowk that gadgie Beek a mile aff. He's totally on page 33
awfie hungry gadgie - and if ye dinna uptail and on page 62

2 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
aw, get a swatch at this unco gadgie comin oot frae the mist!" on page 5
er, but tae let on as if this gadgie wis her husband, even jist fo on page 77
ncoot is aboot tae stairt!" a gadgie wi a clipboard shoutit. "Plac on page 138

3 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
he's the gadgie that fell oot o heaven on page 78

1 matches

McDermid, Val The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - The Gowd Breeks, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
ye thocht he wis the smertest gadgie in the Kingdom. Noo here he w on page 65

1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
This is disgustin. Unless the gadgie wis lyin aboot bein infectit,(2020)