A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'gabbit'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
gabbitOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.61210
ORK - Orkney
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 13.3 3 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.3 3 3
WCE - West Central 13.3 3 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 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 gabbit in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

General Northern

McGregor, Iain Lallans 78 - Scots Teegars, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric, prose
crood in Sassenach pigeon, A gabbit in the Scots. on page 80

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
A hope A haenna gabbit ower lang an weariet ye! A da
1 matches

TheChielMeister Ah'm e chiel (sae dinna fash), (youtube.com 2011) Doric, poetry
Noo, ah'm nae gleg-gabbit, jist Scots, feel an crabbit,
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(South) East Central

Moodie, Gordon D. Lallans 90 - Snoke Iz A Pithie Warlock, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
wiz an wi theem slee an gleg-gabbit lawers hoose inshururs hae, i on page 78

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
He wesna verra glib-gabbit, tho. Eftir twa-thrie myle, M
1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
in wunnering attention, open-gabbit an wide-eed, braithless for a
1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
ot the schuil buildin, thrawn-gabbit and white in the fizzog. on page 221

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Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
Nae faur-kent kin, nor glegly-gabbit tung, on page 217

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Nae faur-kent kin, nor glegly-gabbit tung, on page 150

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Ayrshire

Neill, Willie Lallans 61 - Three Tales frae the Brithers Grimm, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Ayrshire, prose
h an wha wes a wee thing gash-gabbit. "Och nou," she bellocht wi a on page 42

1 matches

General Central

Morning, Carey Neeps and Tatties, (self-published 2020) Central, weans
re's the hail gist o oor glib-gabbit sang: on page 39

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 73 - Waashin Day Weirriors, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
tched. Thai lukked oan gabbin gabbit is Lang Meg flew it Ella wha on page 66

1 matches

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