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The word 'gypit'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
gypitOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.12012
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 22.9 7 4
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 21.9 2 2
DOR - General Northern 31 7 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 4 3 3
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 gypit in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
r heels an fess ben er boss A gypit like chiel bit real frank on page 15

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ht oot they'd baith bin at: a gypit, scraichin bitch o a wifie hi on page 34

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
“I’m jist an auld, deen, gypit wummin,” quo she, feelin by
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
Fitever happened tae the gypit puddock ringtone - ye nivver(2017)
shoppie an the Bloo Toon goes gypit an queues take get in! https:(2018)
aroon the supermarket like a gypit feil an buying up aa the milk(2019)

Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
It wad be gypit tae veesit Geneva an nae set on page 5

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 79 - The Tattiebogle, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
ses an said: "Thon wis Gavin. Gypit Gavin, they ca him. An Ah wis on page 14

1 matches

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Gypit me, gypit me. on page 80
Mahatma Ghandi ganzie, gey gypit Thursday. Min, ye've bin an a on page 144
Fir though they may be gypit 'ere is on page 197

6 matches

@cligeey tweeted
s around Trump is affa What a gypit cheil(2020)

General Central

McGregor, Iain Lallans 87 - The Neep Lantern, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Central, prose
A didnae ken!' A sayed feelin gypit, an taen a reid facer. on page 22

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
'Fegs, whit a glaikit gypit chair!' on page 33

1 matches

@billykayscot tweeted
day. Ye’re glaikit gowks an gypit gomerils, ye’re bampots, num(2020)

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