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Use in varieties of Scots

jail Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words15.6 15.9 3 0 5.8 10.3 66.4
Number of occurrences5031 2 0 1 1 15
Number of authors24 16 2 1 1 4

Occurrences of jail in Corpus

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Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
ly no qualified tae work in a jail,' ah says tae mah designated on page 103

1 matches

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
Rab threitened wi jail by court an kirk session, on page 16

1 matches

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
I'd dae hard time in any jail just tae break yer fuckin jaw on page 34

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
l wae the same dafties in the jail. But yur like me, you're a fi on page 158

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
jail, but still gutted. on page 64

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
Sunday, an thrown in the toun jail fer some odd reason, but pret on page 123

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
en in an oot the Cornton Vale jail lik she's daein the hokey cok on page 61
e but whit if her da's in the jail an her ma cannae fight - on page 83
hn McCoy's jist broke out the jail an he's after Wully fur grass on page 132
caws folk that've been in the jail, Michele next door, her man's on page 169

7 matches

Grae, Emma The Tongue She Speaks, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
assin as slow as a day in the jail. Ah dae ma best tae make smal on page 9

1 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
ll. Mebbe I'd be safer in the jail. on page 28
bride's stepsister wis in the jail, so they visited her an made on page 86

2 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
rivin as slow as a day in the jail. It's a five-mile-anhour zone on page 51
cannae believe ma Sandra's in jail.' on page 78

2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
drug-lairds huckle intae jail on page 21

1 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Lallans 68 - Barlinnie Gradyooits, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
caws foak that'v been in thi jail. Mishell nix doar hur man's i on page 41

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Fenton, Janet A Guid New Year tae yin and a!, (Bella Caledonia 2019) Central, blog
his ain language. Pit in the jail fur his poems and novels in E
nd playwrights aye get pit in jail or even kilt even though they
2 matches

Bennett, Peter McShane's Reprieve, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
tae see if it’s him. Fuckin jail-bait this, meetin here. Only
1 matches

Grae, Emma Jimmy and his wee darlin Alexa, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ery day’s like a day in the jail in lockdoon. Ah shut ma eyes
1 matches

Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
ab is as slow as a day in the jail. Ah watch the smallest haun o
1 matches

@IshbelMcF tweeted
nny cannae knit, yer guan tae jail, with a whale - and whales c(2020) search twitter

@DABArbuckle tweeted
he ONLY country wha says 'THE jail'.(2020) search twitter

@rattlecans tweeted
tect women fae being raped in jail is no for them, that they're (2022) twitter link

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
ere So roon he gid tae Huntly jail An tellt a constable his tale on page 15

1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
nor an ma first ruling is tae jail onyone in England fa refuses (2019) search twitter

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
ony o Jesus' fock pitten i da jail. As he cam tae a place caad D on page 159

1 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
"She's in th jail," th Queen said tae th execut on page 86

1 matches

Ulster

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Scrievin buiks in jail. on page 59

1 matches

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
ax hir aboot it." "Shae's in jail," the Queen toul the executio on page 87

1 matches

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
that Jhone haed bin püt ïn jail, he went bak ïntae Galilee. on page 4
, an ye cud be cloddit ïntae jail. A tell ye tha truith, ye'll on page 5
roon aboot. Noo Jhone wus ïn jail, an whaniver he heerd whut Ch on page 9
st o aa, Herod püt Jhone ïn jail. on page 74
offysher, an ye'll en up ïn jail. For ïf that's tha wye ït e on page 93
Also on pages 105, 107, 109
12 matches

Dornan, Stephen The Widenin Sheuch, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Ulster, blog
earlier, he'd been clodded in jail for treason. An Ayrshire Lair
1 matches

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