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The word 'jumper'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
jumperOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus13.54421
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 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 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central 73.6 16 3
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.5 2 1
GLA - Glasgow 22.8 5 4
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 13.3 10 5
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) 65.7 2 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of jumper in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
They can stick them up their jumper - there's hunders in me draa on page 81

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
hit wis troo da chunky mohair jumper, till finally shü drew awa. on page 48

1 matches

@HazelTindall tweeted
ipwednesday Allover Fair Isle jumper using 3 needles, makkin belt (2020)

Mid Northern A

Irvine, Owen Eldritch Story, (The Gaudie 2018) Doric - Banff, weans
irm wiz thumpin’ saire. His jumper wiz soakin’ wee bluid.
s airm sae he pulled up a his jumper. His airm wiz mangilt. Jist a
st as he wiz awa tae pull his jumper back doon, oot the ae corner
3 matches

General Northern

Leslie, Deborah Tales Fae The Doric Side - Mabel, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
pulls ma inte his bosie. His Jumper's waarm an ricky an Ah ken he on page 93

1 matches

(South) East Central

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
ns, pulled them oan. T-shirt, jumper, jaiket. Just hoo fast could on page 1

1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
aye a paddler - oan a puddle jumper (2020) twitter link

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
n she got another new Tregijo jumper an three hunner an fifty poun on page 42
e wants tae buy a new Tregijo jumper. She wants me tae go intae Gl on page 50
hirty pound tae buy a Tregijo jumper an he jist Jooked at me an sa on page 51
y in high school wore an Aran jumper, no even David Donald an he w on page 52
arlene must've tried on every jumper in the shop in every differen on page 53
Also on pages 127, 133, 169
14 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Cantsmell, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2020) Central, prose
anaw: he wears the same black jumper tae school every day an the s
1 matches

Philips, Cally Gonnae No Dae That, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Turriff, prose
a pit their hon’s oan their jumper where they wid cry it a ‘he
1 matches

Edinburgh

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
h quickly take ma jaicket and jumper oaff tae avoid runnin the ver
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 4, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
d, hus chosen a grey and navy jumper and black jeans which makes h
1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
flash ae the Big Fat Janny's jumper like a fire engine hurtlin to on page 46
orry. He's git on an eld HEAD jumper n worky jeans even though he' on page 51

2 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
ookin fur ma favourite purple jumper. Still AWOL. Aw, and on that on page 5

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
an unhealthy, horseshoe bald, jumper wearing, middie aged universi on page 3

1 matches

Bolland, John Lallans 71 - Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in progress, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
day Margaret hid oan thon rid jumper an thon green lycra leggins,
1 matches

General Central

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
. He wis wearin his guid reid jumper, a white shirt and black troo on page xiii
nd is wearin a white, knitted jumper and a tartan skirt. The gold on page 2
made dinners an aw. The cream jumper ah'm wearin hus seen better d on page 74
ilor in his flat cap and blue jumper. The picture o health. He's g on page 118

4 matches

@g_hibby tweeted
re... ?? Ye'll have tae put a jumper oan.... :) (2023) twitter link

@jax6754 tweeted
IsIife Thanks fir follow. Red jumper wis Jan 2015, green outfit Ju(2015)
! I'm oan a journey tae! (Red jumper Jan 2015 an other picture TOD(2015)

@raiphsays tweeted
esbundy Jog oan wae yer yella jumper.. “me, me, me!” Isnae aw ab(2020)

@weenell3 tweeted
ying tae folk tae put another jumper on if they're cauld! (2022) twitter link
nnae afford heating tae putca jumper on!!!! (2022) twitter link

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
unded an Leonard pullt on his jumper an tied up his buits. There w on page 12
that had dreeped aal ower his jumper. Daniel emerged spotless, ive on page 44

2 matches

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