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Use in varieties of Scots

jamaica Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.2 10.4 3 0 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences2421 2 0 1 0 0
Number of authors7 4 2 1

Occurrences of jamaica in Corpus

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Central

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
entre like Virginia Street an Jamaica Street... but I'll get reveng on page 23

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Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
, ports fortified with strong Jamaica rum, on page 50

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Burns, bound fir Jamaica, near caa'd it quits, on page 144

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Handy, Robbie Forked Tongues, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Dunfermline, blog
wer o language in Scotland an Jamaica. Ah try tae no get too involv
’m a Fifer, but Ah lived in Jamaica for aboot three an a half yea
tae her hairt. When Ah wis in Jamaica, Ah’d often hear someone on
in the way chattin Patois in Jamaica an spraffin Scots in Scotland
the divisions that persist in Jamaica. An although the majority o S
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Doric

Gray, Kathleen Tales Fae The Doric Side - The Ootlin, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
a cousin's grandfolk came fae Jamaica an wid hae been descentants o on page 57

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Strachan, Shane Beyond the Sea, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Doric, prose
day afore, you’d went intae Jamaica wi yer grandma tae see the wa
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Shetland

I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
example o da first een wid be Jamaica, at's seen hit's naiteral res on page 9

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