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The word 'gypes'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
gypesOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.2179
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 26.2 8 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 31 7 4
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
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) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of gypes in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
n bit greed an coorseness. Ye gypes, did him att made e ootside n on page 101
m." An he says till them, "Ye gypes, foo laith ye are tae believe on page 121

2 matches

Shearer, Gillian Skitin Oan Thin Ice, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2019) Doric - Alford, prose
maun think we’re a puckle o gypes!’ Ruaraidh cooried doon, hi
1 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
unchbag @aberdeentaxi1 Pair o Gypes. I caa it a Buttery, ma pal c(2019)
@deesidedon @Branson1873 Gypes. Ats fa!(2019)
nae idea fit they mean. Feel Gypes! https://t.co/bQsz1GfyUf(2019)
l jist be needin the one eye. Gypes! https://t.co/XMos9d(2020)
Fa his peas? Gypes, that's fa! https://t.co/HBxR(2020)

General Northern

Maitland, Andrew Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Auld Mannie, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
taun fowk like that. Absolute gypes the lot o them." on page 75

1 matches

Gray, Kathleen Tales Fae The Doric Side - Oor Grun, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
ignorin us girnin, glakit, gypes. on page 88

1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
ie1903 ??Fit wid JC say aboot gypes like this? (2020) twitter link

@cligeey tweeted
@boxertoye Gypes the lot o them(2020)
@DeesideDon Gypes are oot min and they dinna ke(2020)
@CantreBreiniol Up the gypes(2020)
@FitbaGeek Gypes a metre apart(2020)

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
r sure. Him an aal them ither gypes at the fectory. Maisie, deat, on page 45

1 matches

General Ulster

@the_gellick tweeted
an Ballyclare pubs bunged wi gypes! https://t.co/xQubmpIA5f (2018) twitter link