Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'jar'

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Use in varieties of Scots

jar	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	12.6	41	28
ORK - Orkney	19.9	2	2
SHD - Shetland	29.1	5	2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)	70.3	2	1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A	26.2	8	5
MNB - Mid Northern B	131	1	1
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen	10.9	1	1
DOR - General Northern	26.6	6	4
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central	2.5	1	1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee	21.2	2	1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow	4.6	1	1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central	5.3	4	4
SEA - South East (Borders)	37.4	3	2
SWE - South West (Galloway)	13.9	1	1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)	62.8	2	1
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)	88.3	1	1
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)	18.2	1	1

Occurrences of jar 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
No! Dinna lick the jeely jar! on page 6

1 matches

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
tae swael the jar on page 143

1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
ngin apo nibbies. Shö took a jar aff o een o da shelfs as shö on page 9

2 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
true as tha jar o flooers o purest blue. on page 88

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Dodie's Phenomenal Pheesic, (Shetland For Wirds 2008) Shetland, weans
e scoopit oot da contents o a jar o VITAMIN ENRICHED FACE CRAEM
He fan anidder jar o craemy stuff labelled HAIR
2 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
ngan on pegs. She took doon a jar fae wan o e shelves as she pa on page 9

2 matches

Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
it looket lyke an aul sweetie jar. We immediatlee oppint er up on page 47

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ntin. Some folk aiven gaed e, Jar es te say at the Meldrum fair on page 48

1 matches

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
ial’ treat for mornin fly a jar o Nescafe coffee. She drank f
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
orich o bonnie roses in a jam jar , an a boxie o chocolates stap
bit gaed ower tae the sweetie jar , powkit her paw in, an tuik a
ne. Mooch tuik a moufu frae a jar merked
3 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
ne With Me jis nae pop open a jar i' Ragu sauce an gaur a lovel(2014)

Mid Northern B

@McGoo1888 tweeted
Pished...wi Whiskey in the jar oan...yeejaw...happy New Year (2022) twitter link

Aberdeen

Kynoch, Douglas Lallans 67 - Twa poems bi Douglas Kynoch, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Doric, poetry
An kep it in yir jar. on page 63

1 matches

General Northern

Leslie, Deborah Tales Fae The Doric Side - Mabel, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
" she said, balancin a muckle jar o pickled ingins on her belly on page 92

1 matches

McDonald, Charlie Doric Scots Books an Poems, (Facebook 2022) Doric, poetry
An auld jam jar fu' o' domes an' buttons
1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
jar o jam, or a loaf that hid wen
speen in o a jar o jam looks roon an states. "
t the speen o jam back in the jar , he thocht fit a pest o a
3 matches

@fittiecrooners tweeted
n mussels unless it's the wee jar o'them ye get in the chippers(2018)

(South) East Central

Fleemin, Sandy No on BBC, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
his fingers. Syne we see the jar o Marmite in the scullery, it
1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
fir a jar, racks them up on page 67
like honey seepin doon its jar. on page 80

2 matches

Glasgow

Bolland, John Lallans 71 - Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in progress, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
able proppt atween the coffee jar an aa her bukes. Ah speculati
1 matches

General Central

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
ye may e'en enjoy it! Draw a jar o jam or yer left shoe or yer on page

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
in a jar o bleared gless on page 50

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Tae pree her whisky jar, slee happin it on page 5

1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Makkin a muckle o a mickle, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
it wis pourit intae a scadded jar tae set intae a jeely. We got
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
ung oan pegs. She took doon a jar frae yin o th shelves as she on page 9

2 matches

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
, hei put the spuin i the jam jar an
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
n wi the men? Can we aw hae a jar? A still meet ma pal ootside on page 41

1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
ng frae pegs. Shae tuk doon a jar frae yin o the shelves es sha on page 9

2 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Campbell, Robert Lock Doon Poyams, (Independently 2021 ISBN: 979-8742155812) Ulster, poetry
Fur jar, ir cage, ir bowl on page 25

1 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
bodie lichts a lamp an pits a jar ower ït, or pits ït unnèr on page 83

1 matches