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The word 'pyjamas'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
pyjamasOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus1.965
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
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
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 10.9 2 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 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 pyjamas in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Ah'il luk oot his pyjamas - get him settled fur the ni on page 21

1 matches

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
my son,' Howie said. 'Stripey pyjamas is no ma suit. Even if it mea on page 1

1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
edroom in his purple-strippit pyjamas wi a pork-pie bunnet on his h on page 29

1 matches

Glasgow

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
“Bananas in pyjamas are comin doon the stairs,”
arm. Then that ‘Bananas in Pyjamas’ song pops intae ma heid, j
2 matches

General Central

@DABArbuckle tweeted
r asylum seekers wear striped pyjamas? Ya bint.(2020)