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The word 'jolly'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
jollyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus62013
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 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 19.5 8 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 2
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.6 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 41.8 3 2
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 jolly in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
wid get emphysema - hid wid jolly weel serve me right on page 42

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Gauld, Ilene Ilene Gauld - Piper and Poet, (Doric Future 2020) Doric - Keith, weans
Fin yer daen Jolly Phonics
1 matches

Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia Naewey tae bide, (Mak Forrit 2018) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
h mair uncouthie than haein a jolly tae the park wi yer chums tae
1 matches

General Northern

@fittiecrooners tweeted
, Xmas time & aÂ’body merry & jolly. Or in my case half cut maist(2019)

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 175, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
lton's auld pal, the Rev I.M. Jolly, a wee while back haed been o
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ouchline rule if am oot fir a jolly lol (2020) twitter link
dmcandrew86 jist in fae a wee jolly in ma motor m8 - aye the fot (2021) twitter link
sselburghAth nxt time a huv a jolly along tae olivebank fir a gam (2020) twitter link
lent disco tours look a right jolly - have fun guys lol (2020) twitter link
trip doon the burgh or a wee jolly along tae lasswade laters - (2020) twitter link
and 2 other occurrences.

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
an hae yi jolly cheekit on page 69

1 matches

Robertson, Gary A Wee Dundee Xmas Poem, (Lidl 2020) Central, poetry
o Ho Ho! Itz the season to be jolly
1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
We went oot fir a Staff jolly tae mountain bike at Brig oâ€
1 matches

General Central

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
Rosie cheekit ! Cantie! Jolly ! on page 16

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 74 - Burns an the Dictionar o the Scots Leid, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
t that Burns hissel in the ‘Jolly Beggars’ scrieves ‘waveri
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
oo. Och whit a whaize, whit a jolly auld rip on page 77

1 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Nuhin is Certain, Except, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
ng haul bus A’ve tane on ma jolly through the Balkans, an so fa
1 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - The Stert ae World War III?, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
ex whae’s on his furst solo jolly efter sittin A-Levels et hame
1 matches

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