A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

gi Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words11.7 9.9 17.8 9.9 0 10.3 24.2
Number of occurrences3920 12 1 0 1 5
Number of authors20 10 7 1 1 1

Occurrences of gi in Corpus

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Central

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
At this the Corbie gi'ed a caw. on page 14
It wis gi'en titbits and sat on his kne on page 19
The Wind gi'ed up, oot o' puff, efter his on page 28
"Ah'll gi'e tae them some Chinese whisp on page 32

5 matches

Fairnie, Robert Letters to the Editor - Consumer Confidence, (The Scotsman 2002) Central, newspaper
e Kirk gaun oot thair wey tae gi ethe notion that English is t on page 13

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
wis in enough trouble withoot gi'en her cheek. She rattled the on page 29
e tak a look, seein as he wis gi'en it back. He turned the bag on page 40
Are we gi'en him a state funeral noo? M on page 68
"Fer gi'en ye cheek." "But ye didnae on page 74

4 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 73 - Waashin Day Weirriors, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
yer erses tallywheech whan ah gi haud o ye. Luk it mah waashin on page 65

1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth In defence o SNHS, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
. Hame Friday. He’s richtly gi’en thim fu’some praise oa
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Pet-gilante, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
rishna mob, maist folk didnae gi’e the notices a second glan
cond glance, in fact few even gi’ed them a first glance. All
2 matches

Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
dnae like tae tell him we’d gi’en up on Oor Wullie when we
an there wis Donald Dewer wha gi’ed us the Parliament- devol
2 matches

McKenzie, Roddy Cataracts, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2018) Central - Dundee, prose
.. ony body wid think ye were gi`in` me thi boady swerve,” y
1 matches

grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
hat Sick Boy is nae going tae gi us whit we need.
1 matches

Kay, Billy Time for Reflection, (archive2021.parliament.scot 2022) Central, government
arder job to mortals has been gi’en.”
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2022) Central
It’s true! Ah’ve gi’en it thought an noo ah’m

Doric

Crawford, Jack The Pluffer, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
eacher turned roond and said "gi me that pen it’s confiscate
1 matches

Harvey, Lewis Crash, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
d!! Then she hid the chik tae gi me anither detention. Well, t
1 matches

Robson, Euan Peelie wally, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
wis hame alane. A wis feelin gi sorry fir masel.
p ma mither an thocht I could gi her a wee surprise fan she go
2 matches

Riddell, Conor San Diego, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
ower ma warm jaiket as it wis gi cauld.
1 matches

Bowie, Tyler Stookie, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
ep warm. The traffic wis gaen gi slow and fowk were slipping n
1 matches

Johnston, Shaun The Forkie Gollach, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
wid jist tell them a lee and gi them a false name but then a
1 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
inAberdeen @Branson1873 Micht gi at a go(2019) search twitter
T in balance o fairness, I'll gi your wye a go and report back(2019) search twitter
Wunner fits on I nicht. Micht gi some ither chiel a chuncey. h(2019) search twitter
oons n quines ahin i bar will gi yi wee tasters ti see fit yi (2019) search twitter
Micht gi at a go. https://t.co/m8qvxUK(2019) search twitter

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
I seem tae hiv gi'en the troot fisheen a miss. on page 72

1 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
- eet was at th great concert gi'en b' th Queen o Hairts, an A on page 70

1 matches

Ulster

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Rejoice tha gift thuts gi'n til thee, on page 19
Connection gi'n fae'iver mine, on page 20
Shadow guid' haes gi'n thine leadin', on page 28

3 matches

Campbell, Robert Yarns 3 - Brae / Sheugh / Cannae / Piece, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2024) Ulster - Ballymena, poetry
Fae arenae gi’n an willnae dae.
Ian sorra tis tha piece box gi’n
2 matches

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