A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

gigs Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.3 4 3 0 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences118 2 0 0 1 0
Number of authors8 5 2 1

Occurrences of gigs in Corpus

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Central

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
doon tae thae airts tae play gigs at the likes o Lochore Miners on page 23

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
deserve better, horrible pub gigs, angry auld men, 'play some P on page 3

3 matches

Donovan, Anne Gone are the Leaves, (ISIS 2014 ISBN: 978-1445099262) Central, prose
n the last suitor, capers and gigs with grace. Lady Alicia is st on page 3

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
end o Princes Street), music gigs at the Vigil site itsel, fund on page 105

1 matches

@jax6754 tweeted
Bring oan Festival 2015 an ur gigs eh! xxx(2014) search twitter
please keep me informed o yir gigs North an South. xxx(2014) search twitter

Doric

Morrison Murray, Harold Doric, Historic and Humorous, (Peters and Sons 2024) Doric, poetry
Wi' his accordion an' his gigs. on page 14

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
a great steer in the pairish, gigs an cairts an shelts, motor ca
1 matches

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
'd pey tae gan tae coorses or gigs for a CD, buik, doonload.(2020) search twitter