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The word 'jan'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
janOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.52514
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 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 10.3 4 3
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 21 16 7
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 27.9 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
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of jan 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.

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Ah'm gaan tae Jan, wir dowter, and ah'll bide t on page 21

1 matches

Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
ny and Will, and best of luck Jan and Pete x https://t.co/53y9m(2020)
your expressions ?? Well done Jan, Pete and helpers! X(2020)

(South) East Central

Allan, Alasdair Lallans 102 - Defenestration, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
On 10th Mairch 1948, Jan Mararyk, the non-partisan Fre on page 82

2 matches

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
"Ye jan she'll be ganshin tae the han on page 91

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 86, (self-published 2001) Central, newspaper
Jan. 2001
1 matches

General Central

Underhill, James William Lallans 82 - Ominous, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
Fer Jan Skácel on page 23

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
ed efter the Dutch astrologue Jan Oort (1900-1992), this wappin
1 matches

@g_hibby tweeted
dy2 Good early evening tae ye Jan.. :) Been doing the Lego buil (2022) twitter link
@JanKosFuller Relax yersel' Jan... I fair enjoyed it for both (2022) twitter link
@janmjax Hi Jan... And have a lovely time yer (2022) twitter link
@janmjax Morning Jan.. It's up tae 6c here.. Nearl (2022) twitter link

@jax6754 tweeted
ma hardest tae wait till the Jan sales! Hee hee! ???(2014)
k couple sessions by Mon 11th Jan. xxx(2015)
ks fir follow. Red jumper wis Jan 2015, green outfit July 2015 (2015)
an a journey tae! (Red jumper Jan 2015 an other picture TODAY!)(2015)
plans fir 2016. .Catch you in Jan. XXX(2015)
and 1 other occurrences.

@billykayscot tweeted
ndcoo @CateranEco Many thanks Jan. A case of the auld Scots saw(2020)

@Chazzbat tweeted
story required Hanna tae tell Jan aboot Christian, but it reall(2020)

@bigandymccoll tweeted
e ye ?? I ken ye'll read this Jan, but probly nothing else I ev (2022) twitter link
@MarieClaire265 That day (31 Jan 2020) has gone doon in infamy (2022) twitter link

South West (Galloway)

Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
Jan van Eyck, thet's whit Ah like on page 104

1 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
At Jan Palak Square, on page 10

1 matches

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