A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'giy'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
giyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.8165
ORK - Orkney 29.8 3 2
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
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 17.8 4 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 11.8 9 2
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 giy in Corpus

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Orkney

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
dad geed tae the toon. It wis giy heavy so I thowt I wid tak th on page 128

1 matches

@peediepuss tweeted
id wis becis o Caithness bein giy light wae the Gaelic that hid (2021) twitter link
owt lang fur 'ears an hid wis giy peur many a day. Hid will mak(2020)

West Central

Calderwood, Lynsey Lallans 68 - Barlinnie Gradyooits, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
ee isnae. Eddie's a ded niys giy ded obliyjin an ees a really on page 41

3 matches

Pennie, Len The year A shouldnae hae had, (tictok 2022) Central - Kilmarnock, poetry
As days were giy dark an the shadows were aw A
1 matches

General Central

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
A ken ye're giy scunnert wae ma constant moan on page 12
sounds a wee bit strange and giy hard tae believe on page 63
hurt her cause she really was giy sweet, on page 72
art ae the year, as days were giy dark and the shadows were aw on page 92

4 matches

@ionafyfe tweeted
en mair content in Scots is a giy boost an ats jist fit @handsu(2020)
BBCMarkMardell @BBCRadio4 Its giy braw tae hae mair Doric an Sc(2020)
Giy excited tae tune in tae this!(2020)
I’m GIY tricket tae perform at yon fi(2019)
This is giy exciting! https://t.co/K8WjDT(2020)

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