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The word 'jess'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
jessOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.5247
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 1
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 130.4 11 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 39.3 3 1
LAL - General Central 6.7 5 1
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 jess in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
His Jess wis fair delighted when he pa on page 47

2 matches

Mid Northern A

@FaeFoggie tweeted
e we're gaan till hiv ti punt Jess, Wee Jock, Frunkie, Olive, Je(2020)

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - The Bigger Hoose, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
t Dod did. "Haud yer wheesht, Jess," he said. "This is the aales on page 106
ll gie ye yer cairds. Na, na, Jess, Ah'll jist tak this stracht on page 107
ation, the siller wis mine an Jess's bi richts, for aa that Ah'd on page 109
"Aye, Sir," he laached. "Jess wis tickled pink fan Ah rolle on page 110

11 matches

General Northern

@fittiecrooners tweeted
na wak far wee this gout! But Jess oot so sneaky wee bottle oot,(2016)

West Central

Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
imrose, though she wis ca’d Jess. A bonny lass richt enough. A
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
an his kist heavin like auld Jess his collie efter a run ootby on page 37
les at Priesthill an see auld Jess. on page 42

3 matches

General Central

Matheson, Ann Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
wheels whan a young scriever, Jess Kavanagh, misses her lowp oan on page 90

5 matches

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