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The word 'gem'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
gemOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.62819
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 2
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
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
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 17.7 7 3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 13.7 3 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 13.3 10 7
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.8 2 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 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of gem in Corpus

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Orkney

Hall, Simon W. Bonny Isle o Sanday, (Brisk Northerly 2016) Orkney, blog
an Sketch Book, a little-read gem o lore and language. As a res
1 matches

Hollinrake, Fran Flett Assipattle and the Mester Stoorworm, (Orkney Heritage Society 2010) Orkney, poetry
The Princess Gem-de-Lovely cam, the bonniest l
1 matches

Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
ways just now. He's a peerie gem x(2017)

(South) East Central

Morton, Elaine Lallans 59 - In Dispraise o Eden, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Fat plooms an rosie rasps, gem-ticht on page 91

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 142, (self-published 2005) Central, newspaper
abuin Collins Gem, Scots Dictionary wi ilka new
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 117, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
ps oot at the reader is aye a gem weel worth findin, as can be
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ubb @MusselburghAth laddies a gem amongst diamonds m8 lol - lu (2020) twitter link
@steven_dunnett a gem amungst diamonds brother lol (2020) twitter link
a wee trip up tae a gem o a park 2 nite n thats awe u (2020) twitter link
the nxt fortnite - laddies a gem likes - o happy days lol (2020) twitter link

Edinburgh

Pyper, Hugh S. The Five Scrolls, (Handsel Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1912052790) Central, poetry
ae gem o yer necklace. on page 8

1 matches

Glasgow

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
Broonie n that ir aw gem fur it. Wan ae our elder wans on page 17
te! Nae sweat, he says lookin gem, but wae a wee nervous glance on page 18

2 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
s wee street, a hidden, quiet gem in on page 3

1 matches

General Central

Morton, Elaine Lallans 59 - In Dispraise o Eden, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
Fat plooms an rosie rasps, gem-ticht on page 91

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Pasteurella, bonny lads micht gem on page 46
Fat plooms an rosie rasps, gem-ticht on page 52

2 matches

Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
killed ma Rizzio, ma bonnie gem. on page 29

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ellin next that ye’ve won a gem o’ snooker recently.
1 matches

@MartinBroon tweeted
ss83 They fucked Us over that gem’.... and A think they though(2020)

@mcfarlane_irene tweeted
greet ilka time I sing it. A gem by Violet Jacob and Jim Reid.(2016)

@billykayscot tweeted
to see former @dundeeunitedfc gem Ryan Gauld win the player of (2020)

@changed_days tweeted
@D4RNS_ Such a hard gem tae watch man. Honestly wis s (2021) twitter link

South East (Borders)

@officialAliRed tweeted
as50 @RugbySco Rob Welsh is a gem of a man.(2020)

South West (Galloway)

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
this gem o basalt shapit on page 77

1 matches

@StuartPoet tweeted
oet today. A real semi-hidden gem of #Scots and #Scottish #poet(2020)

General Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
An A foun that this wee gem wis richt, on page 14

1 matches

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