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Use in varieties of Scots

jab Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.1 3.7 1.6 19.9 0 10.9 35.4
Number of occurrences197 1 2 0 1 8
Number of authors13 3 1 2 1 6

Occurrences of jab in Corpus

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Central

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
e guy said tae me tae dae. Ah jab the needle intae the soft fle on page 2

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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
Only thoo can save him! Here! Jab it in here!” He wad slap hi
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@kennethbryce184 tweeted
pleasure to pop in for my flu jab this morning - thanx! (2020) twitter link
ordanhop90 u awrite efter eer jab brother (2021) twitter link
ffs n a cannae even get a flu jab lol (2020) twitter link
n there - finally got ma flu jab efter waiting 64 years - so (2020) twitter link
lot oh wind since there covvy jab - av been fartin like yin oh (2021) twitter link

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
, the chuckies oan the pathie jab, jabbin it is feet throwe the on page 74

1 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
iled hid tae the floor Till a jab fae a white stiletto sent hid on page 74

1 matches

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
stressed wae a finger-jab tae the paper... on page 7

1 matches

Southern

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
e ken what’s inside in every jab, due to Bill Gates’ secret p(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
The glancin jab an stoory flail o the forks, on page 27

1 matches

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
n wusnae able tae fïnish tha jab!' on page 96
shoother whaniver A loass ma jab!' Yin bi yin he caad ïn tha on page 97

2 matches

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
anda, Hugh, baith had anither jab. Yinst the'd daen thair day's on page 8

1 matches

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
So we'll need it tae set the jab aff!!" on page 8
emt tae hae a fix tae dae the jab. on page 11

2 matches

Reynolds, Charlie An Appeal frae tha hairt, (North Antrim Speak 2010) Ulster - Coleraine, blog
ur heids that they kan maak a jab o tha Ullans withoot tha nati
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@fairfaaye tweeted
lic ‘gonc’ meaning: a blow, jab or poke #ulsterscots #livingl(2020) search twitter

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