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The word 'joabs'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
joabsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus10.33310
ORK - Orkney
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 17.9 7 1
WCE - West Central 50.6 11 1
DUN - Dundee 74.3 7 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 10.9 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 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 28.1 2 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of joabs in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
drugs limited tae fowk in key joabs, police informers wad aften s
1 matches

General Northern

McDonald, Charlie Doric Scots Books an Poems, (Facebook 2022) Doric, poetry
For bigger joabs like makin dresses an' frocks
1 matches

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
min over here and stealin oor joabs. Naeboady mentions R2D2 is th on page 22
anaged tae apply fur fourteen joabs this week instead ae the thir on page 119
t the place wis paved in blow joabs. Tae ma detriment ah on page 120
ah scroll through the list ae joabs in ma area ah've goatae admit on page 122
fur there only bein fourteen joabs in the area?" on page 126

7 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
e aa taen time-oot frae their joabs!) on page 32
'Ten thoosan joabs wull hae tae gol', Played Dei on page 45
We baith goat joabs wi the local Cooncil. on page 68
Ah taen wee cleanin joabs an that, ye know, on page 69
Nae future, nae joabs, auld men walkin dugs, on page 73
Also on pages 77, 78, 82, 103, 108
11 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
their projections an mak the joabs happen. It wid seem sic thing on page 37
wuid aince o hae been daicent joabs get screwit, an daily-day the on page 53
ns tae shift their offices an joabs tae various airts o Europe, i on page 56
in sic numpties tae dae their joabs richt or they'll be oot the d on page 85
tand up an shout aboot aw the joabs that the trade supports. Bair on page 122

7 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
tae apply fur aboot a million joabs every single day. Call centre on page 103

1 matches

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
'm no wantin wan ae yir fancy joabs, on page 37

1 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
ecret recipes. The spies taen joabs in the Wonka factory, pretend on page 18

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 82 - Nae Guid Ettle, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
n. Railwayman an a wheen mair joabs in a wheen mair plisses. Than on page 16

1 matches

General Ulster

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
seiven thoosan joabs. Airts an' Business Norlin Ai on page 63
fted aboot saxty five thoosan joabs in Norlin Airlan, reflectin' on page 65

2 matches

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