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The word 'jab'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
jabOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.22014
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 2
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 12.8 5 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) 163.5 1 1
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 31.4 1 1
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 88.3 1 1
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards) 51.2 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster 28.1 2 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region) 36.3 2 1

Occurrences of jab in Corpus

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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

Mid Northern A

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

General Northern

@AMaxwell54 tweeted
teuchter - we aye caa'd it a jab. Fan Ah first cam doon tae bi (2020) twitter link

(South) East Central

@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

Edinburgh

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
1 matches

Glasgow

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

1 matches

South East (Borders)

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

West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)

@fairfaaye tweeted
lic ‘gonc’ meaning: a blow, jab or poke #ulsterscots #livingl(2020)

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

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
1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

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

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

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

General Ulster

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

Synthetic (no region)

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

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