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The word 'jumpers'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
jumpersOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.71511
ORK - Orkney 29.8 3 2
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 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central 23 5 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 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) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of jumpers in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
And sheu aalways wears baggy jumpers - Tae hide her big bum and h on page 53
ew haunts tae forage. Pile on jumpers, scarves and tights - wrap u on page 75

2 matches

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Noo thir's tops, jumpers and evin a cot on page 100

1 matches

General Northern

@Franwella tweeted
ric n gas prices thru. Woolly jumpers n hot water btls a roon!(2011)

@fittiecrooners tweeted
a pit it up but wears aboot 4 jumpers instead! Canna beat a braw co(2019)

(South) East Central

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
id new year knittin eer wooly jumpers in eer wee bothies in the wil (2020) twitter link

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
e's awready got three Tregijo jumpers: she's got wan that looks lik on page 50
no, ma ma said, Yiv wore Aran jumpers tae school before. Ah says, A on page 51
n Sparks. See aw yir 'Tregijo jumpers an yir shirts, she said, Thir on page 52
ll family has better taste in jumpers. ® on page 169

4 matches

Philips, Cally Gonnae No Dae That, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Central - Turriff, prose
d puttin’ wur honds oan wur jumpers where oor herts micht be if w
1 matches

Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 82 - Biggin the Great Nor Road, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
a chain o road. Jumpers intae brie-stane, on page 66

1 matches

Glasgow

Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
The Italians turn up in jumpers and scarves. John’s slaggin
1 matches

General Central

@weenell3 tweeted
ervatives Are you handing oot jumpers! (2022) twitter link

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
eway. Ah kicked it atween twa jumpers an scored. Harry’s bike was
1 matches

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