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The word 'janny'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
jannyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.5256
ORK - Orkney
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 26.6 6 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 28.4 11 3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 9.2 7 2
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 janny in Corpus

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General Northern

The Mannie Fae Unco The Diary o a Feel at the Skweel, (unco.scot 2021) Doric, prose
le. That wiz until ae day the janny and thes young teacher came i
nything else in the room. The janny wint tae a wee door an opened
ed for plays an sic like? The janny tellt ma faar tae look so I c
er. Michty me fitna find! The janny lookit in an shouted if I wiz
bunting oot an atween me, the janny an the teacher we managed tae
6 matches

(South) East Central

Allan, Alasdair Lallans 102 - Defenestration, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
complaint frae a janny aboot hoo Mr Gowanlock hed ga on page 83

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Glesgy Screwdriver, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
"Awa an get the Janny, son." Cherlie telt him. Ian on page 95
gang doun tae get a shottie o Janny Broon's kettle an hae a wee w on page 98

6 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 115, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
A Wycelike Janny
seen postit on the door o the janny's office in the South Bridge
nburgh. It wis written bi the janny hissel an sent in bi Heather
The Janny
4 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
the red flash ae the Big Fat Janny's jumper like a fire engine h on page 46

1 matches

General Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 58 - The Dumb Jyner, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
o made ony better bi the auld janny aye keekin in on them in case on page 65

6 matches

@ThonJacobite tweeted
ard English but spoke tae the janny and cleaners in Scots (which (2020)

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