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The word 'gettan'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
gettanOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus123910
ORK - Orkney 159 16 8
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 773.6 22 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
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 gettan in Corpus

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Orkney

Tait, Ruth Gallows Ha - Watchan Eyes, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Sheu wis gettan stiff tae climb the hill, on page 10

1 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Ah'll tell thee why ah'm gettan mad - on page 5
Bit ah'm gettan Hooseen Benefit - that helps on page 10
Wid wind up gettan sent tae bed and deuan withoo on page 15
There's no much point in gettan up so we cheust stay in bed. on page 33
ve therty stone and still wis gettan fatter. on page 51
Also on pages 52, 53, 59
9 matches

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
to see you gettan owld and frail on page 144

1 matches

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Gettan in trouble fur tar on me sock on page 42

1 matches

Facebook link (Orkney Reevlers 2021) Orkney
ertain words were in danger o gettan lost. Wan example wis the Yor

@HJosephineGiles tweeted
tsair ower the bulder thoo're gettan fae gappus feuls. Thoo're deu(2020)

@johnkmitchinson tweeted
ge?” Same owld discussion’s gettan langersom. We ken that hid’s (2019) twitter link

@peediepuss tweeted
it! An' let wis ken hoo your gettan on!(2020)

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
hain wid be worth e trouble o gettan up an pickan e daisies, when on page 7
he sade oot loud. "A mosst be gettan somewhere near e middle o e e on page 9
Oh ma loogs an whiskers, id's gettan late!" She wis close behind i on page 10
almost oot o sicht, they were gettan so far awy). "Oh, ma poor pee on page 15
time till go, for e pool wis gettan quite crowded wi e burds an a on page 22
Also on pages 24, 29, 30, 33, 49, 51, 59, 62, 69, 71, 79, 81, 92, 108, 111, 119
22 matches

West Central

Hardie, George Lallans 81 - Annie and the New Chairs, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
murder me gin she heard o me gettan that close wi Annie.’
1 matches

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