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The word 'zig'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
zigOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.1107
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
DOR - General Northern 22.2 5 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
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
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of zig in Corpus

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Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
cannibal corpse ye zig-zaggid ower, on page 15

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
wis lang an furly wi zig-zaggy diamonds like a streak
1 matches

General Northern

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
r, then chasit him, screamin, zig-zagging doon the road.' on page 118

1 matches

@beast_afc tweeted
iwise stings us ana. Time fur Zig and Zag tae tak the broony cr(2020)
for us is season thuv bin lik zig an zag. https://t.co/kl7G9XOk(2020)
@lewisferguson7 . Fit ene is zig and Fit ene is Zag https://t.(2020)
@AberdeenFC Broon could get zig or zag sent aff https://t.co/(2020)

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
halter neck tap yi goat oota Zig Zag last Saturday, said Charl on page 23

1 matches

General Central

Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
it, the envelope flafferin in zig-zag wafts but suin enough asi on page 72

1 matches

@billykayscot tweeted
” said Webster, “whiles” an zig zagged awa doon the road http(2020)

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