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The word 'gems'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
gemsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.21414
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 2
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 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 2
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 5
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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 gems in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
gems ta winder at, ta daev wir str on page 21

1 matches

Williamson, Christie Shaetlan an compoonds a da richt, (damagnifyingless.wordpress.com 2014) Shetland, blog
Dir gems wi can aa win, an da graet gi
1 matches

Mid Northern A

@DoricPhrases tweeted
driver guide fa narrates wee gems stories, sights an secrets ht(2018)

General Northern

Carney, Don Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric, prose
wi their ain messages. These gems, essential for ony gweed tale on page 5

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 73 - Obituary for David Ogston, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric, prose
ables denner, but the rerrest gems war the Sunday sermons, sum s on page 12

1 matches

West Central

Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
eisure tae me and its paibles gems, on page 129

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
e did wis knock aw the Midget Gems an the jelly rings, an in the on page 121

1 matches

Dundee

@d_anderson878 tweeted
w. His wirk is ful o sic like gems. https://t.co/DB8unGwdrJ(2020)

General Central

Mackintosh, Jim The Banes o the Turas, (Tippermuir 2022 ISBN: 978-1913836313) Central, poetry
o the daily darg, hidden gems, on page 32

1 matches

Matheson, Ann Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
n mooth ootbrek in 2001). Wee gems o sindry information kythe aw on page 127

1 matches

@ClashCityClarky tweeted
ark grund is wan o the hidden gems o Scottish fitba. https://t.c(2019)

@mcfarlane_irene tweeted
t tae! There's a wheen o braw gems in it.(2020)

@changed_days tweeted
Tom tae fuck petition! Ruins gems fur me! (2021) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

Scott, Hamish Lallans 75 - Televeision, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
An gems we’v playt a fek o hours on
1 matches

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