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The word 'gemma'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
gemmaOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.6224
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 23.2 4 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
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 22.3 17 3
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 gemma in Corpus

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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
"It's my granddaughter, Gemma," he stammered, tacn aback by on page 31
t's hingin i da passage afore Gemma comes roond. on page 32

4 matches

Edinburgh

Docherty, John F. Lallans 81 - Lang Summer Days, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
mad at Wullyum but ma Auntie Gemma said he wis efter him an he w on page 76

1 matches

General Central

Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
r thair an so wis ma mammy an Gemma an Daphne. on page 44
t at the time so Ah asked wee Gemma aboot it. on page 45
But Gemma an Daphne had an argument abo on page 46

14 matches

Kelly, Anne Social Dancin, (self-published 2003) Central, weans
Or Fiona Ross or Gemma,
1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
?! Ah aye thocht Bernie cryin Gemma "Gemini" wis a nickname. Appa(2020)
Whit is goan on wi Gemma's makeup? She luiks like some(2020)

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