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The word 'jaur'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
jaurOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.42410
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
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 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 18.2 4 2
AYR - Ayrshire 26.2 2 1
LAL - General Central 19.9 15 4
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 jaur in Corpus

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General Northern

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Loch Skeen, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
“A hae a jaur o eyntment micht help. Whaur
1 matches

West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
or zeal tae mak dirty a clean jaur. If we ken somebody on page 118

1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
rved fruits, pickles, yince a jaur o hen’s gizzerns (they saye
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
rt Scots ("coarner", "yeez", "jaur"). Seein as Glaswegian pronun on page vi
an pegs. She took a grab at a jaur fae wan ae the shelves as she on page 9

3 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
A jeely jaur or three on page 75

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
on pegs. She grabbed a jeely-jaur frae yin o the shelves as she on page 9

2 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
He foond anither jaur o creamy stuff cried HAIR REM on page 21

1 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
poued them and pit them 1n a jaur in the middle o his hoose, it on page 80

1 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
the Wee-est Tod had smooked a jaur aff the shelf and taen a goll on page 64
e,' said Mr Tod, wheechin the jaur aff him and pittin it tae his on page 65
ur o cider fae the shelf. The jaur she took wis nixt but yin tae on page 69
wifie, and she took a second jaur fae the shelf. on page 70
'Quick! said Mr Tod. "Grab a jaur each, and run for it!' on page 71

11 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Kintrae livin, (Mak Forrit 2019) Central - Edinburgh, blog
sitin the hoose gaed awa wi a jaur o jeely! It tastit braw slait
1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
ie sheep or goats, a nice big jaur o wine. Efter the race, Aphro
1 matches

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