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The word 'jag'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
jagOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.72921
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 2
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central 45.9 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central 9.8 4 2
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 10.5 8 8
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 131.2 2 1
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster 10 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of jag in Corpus

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Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
thee lass, could I gae thee a jag as weel tae git thee gaan teu on page 15

1 matches

@johnkmitchinson tweeted
@JamesKelly Aye, jag here in Orkney. (Well, chag!) (2021) twitter link

North Northern B (Caithness)

@JamesAmcvean tweeted
@Dizzy7Honey Was it yer first jag? (2021) twitter link

Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
enna thi baak o a luvuly big jag, so's eit looket lyke we hid on page 65

3 matches

General Northern

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
stack a bluiddy gret jag in ma airm, twice!!
1 matches

@AMaxwell54 tweeted
ts wir spikin aboot gettin a 'jag' ! (2020) twitter link

North East Central

Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
s sword but the blade couldna jag through the lion's thick skin on page 8

1 matches

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 174, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
e dirled, stotit, glowerin wi jag smitteneen, gowpin wi mooth a
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
xt - a cannae even get a flu jag lol (2020) twitter link
sfamily m8 av no hud ma covvy jag yet n am ower 60 - the lothi (2021) twitter link
@Ryanflanagan97 mind ur flu jag noo brother lol (2020) twitter link

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
rly pizenous wee lassie micht Jag me intae sayin, 'Fiona hus th on page 3

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
His grup grew slack, the jag taen its effect on page 39

1 matches

Edinburgh

Capener, Jack This laund wis wrocht for you an me, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central - Edinburgh, blog
ik haar ower the braeheids; a jag o sadness at the fact that na
1 matches

Ayrshire

Lehane, Matt Mair Licht, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
but here’s a jag
1 matches

General Central

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
truiblin something about it, jag-jaggin at the back o her mynd on page 18

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 87 - The Neep Lantern, (Lallans Magazine 2015) Central, prose
bit spittin on ma leg whaur a jag had chattit the skin. on page 22

1 matches

Elliott, Maggie Lallans 102 - Glesga Covid Prayer, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, poetry
Ave hud ma furst jag but a aint got a scoobie on page 47

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
And the poisonous jag fae oot a bumbee, on page 15

1 matches

Travers, Martin A Nappie Lassie Blethers tae a Fritter, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, script
- shoud A gie masel a muckle jag - an chynge the wey A talk f on page 3

1 matches

Steele, Gregor Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
"Ah've made a jag and awfie soon, on page 3

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 58 - The Dumb Jyner, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
but swish team coaches an the Jag in the garage o his braw big on page 65

1 matches

@billykayscot tweeted
e traivel somewhaur for a flu jag, micht as weel tak in some hi(2020)

South East (Borders)

Purdie, David C. Lallans 90 - Le Vin de Mon Pays, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Southern, poetry
Gie me a jag frae the veiper's fang, on page 7

1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
Nor whiles a daytim jag, a nicht-tim jowlt, on page 42
The jag wuz gien as weel tae spae: on page 53

2 matches

General Ulster

@TheFarrierPhil tweeted
mena so my wife could get her jag at leisure centre! thank you? (2021) twitter link