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The word 'jet'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
jetOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus7.72517
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 9.8 3 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 54.7 5 2
DOR - General Northern 17.7 4 3
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 9.1 2 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 8 6 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 jet in Corpus

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Shetland

De Luca, Christine Lallans 58 - seiven poems bi Christine de Luca, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
inta strings o jet black beads. Some things on page 19

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
l mendin frae fit they ca the jet-lag, an the steer o furreign
ed ower the lift an twa-three jet-blaik shags on the cliff anet
2 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
d ti power it aff at the wa'. Jet Set Willy wi the anti piracy (2020)

Aberdeen

Strachan, Shane DWAMS, (Tapsalteerie 2024 ISBN: 978-1916214880) Doric, poetry
His hair is jet black and thick, on page 35

1 matches

Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
ter relatit landmairk is the 'Jet d'Eau Fountain' fit is exactl on page 5

4 matches

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
Perhaps I should jet awa on page 110

2 matches

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
ohndavsn Fit's aw es teuchter jet lag chat like? Whaurs e rocki(2016)

@Franwella tweeted
Likin th bru-jet advert.......numpties haha(2011)

(South) East Central

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 175, (self-published 2008) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
e feel mair an mair wabbit an jet-lagged the nearer he got tae
1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
t sat on top ae her heid lika jet black pine-apple, but the nig on page 37
his hair aw spiked up an dyed jet black wi blue streaks an noo on page 77

2 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
rior ay the van. She’s goat jet black hair in a wee bob kind
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
fae ma breath as well as the jet ay pish ah’m firin aw oer t
1 matches

General Central

Donaldson, Gordon Lallans 90 - Echty-Echt, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
disaster. It seems that thrie jet-planes o the Italian display on page 36

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
nd then at midnicht, bleck as jet, on page 26

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
ntit by some clivver method m jet-bleck letters, wis the invita on page 59

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Hieroglyphics and Other Stories - All that Glistens, (Canongate 2004 ISBN: 1841955191) Central, prose
e wumman at the till hud dyed jet-black hair and nae eyebrows.
1 matches

@g_hibby tweeted
sky.... :) Also a high flying jet heading for the Atlantic cros (2023) twitter link

@raiphsays tweeted
a scaly polish bit nae water jet hing!(2020)

South West (Galloway)

Neill, Josie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009) Central - Galloway, poetry
An jet black hair
1 matches

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