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The word 'gigglin'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
gigglinOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.21410
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.4 1 1
WCE - West Central 13.3 3 2
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
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 gigglin in Corpus

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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
eady, we wir sittin on da bed gigglin helplessly, laek twa teenager on page 50

1 matches

Cumming, John Kirsten, (Shetland For Wirds 2006) Shetland, prose
ce aroond, runnin on da spot, gigglin an spaekin dirt, or dey'll si
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ed an turnt ontill her belly, gigglin as her back left the marble s on page 12
ith shoutit it the same time, gigglin an rummlin aboot. on page 35

2 matches

General Northern

Storrie Lewis, Jean Lallans 58 - The Bothy Loon, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
and, fits mair they were aye gigglin and whisperin, made me feel r on page 124

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
usual order Jonsar". She wis gigglin an laughin, tears rinnin
Eenie went aboot gigglin an laughin,. Oot came the twa
2 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
this actually worked," whilst gigglin like a school lassie. on page 134

1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
Laura McNish kept laughin an gigglin aw the way through the video on page 93
ell fish, an then she'd start gigglin. Ah jist stood there kiddin o on page 169

2 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Cantsmell, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2020) Central, prose
l fish, an then she’d start gigglin. Ah jist stood there kiddin o
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
he fack that they cannae stop gigglin showein theirsels tae be nae on page 64

1 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
ide each other. And they’re gigglin. Dirty, painful soondin laugh
1 matches

General Central

Urquhart, Andrew Lallans 104 - Queen a Clatty Pats, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, poetry
champagne wi hir gowden girlz gigglin an oblivyus tae e fact o me, on page 100

1 matches

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