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The word 'jewel'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
jewelOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.81912
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 75.6 13 6
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 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central 9.2 2 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
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)
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 jewel 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.

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
ns-' Foo is du gettin on noo, jewel?" he guid on, turnin ta Alice on page 26
cat ida world! Oh, Dinah, my jewel at du is! I winder if A'll ev on page 32
wis gyaain by at da time, "My jewel! I wiss du wid hae dis cat ta on page 86
"My jewel at du is," said da Duchess, c on page 89
anunder his braeth, "Du kens, jewel, hit man be dee at cross-exam on page 116

5 matches

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
öd wife is lik a rare peerie jewel. on page 49

2 matches

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
I tink du'll nivver leet her, jewel," shü said, "I ken yun kind on page 2

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
mi jewel, as dicey as da rest. on page 106

1 matches

Watt, Valerie Back tae trowie schul, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
“Has do learnt onything, my jewel?” axed Meenie.
1 matches

Watt, Valerie Birsie’s Brunt Bed, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
“No, my jewel, I hae nae option,” he repl
1 matches

De Luca, Christine Smootie gengs ta Lerrick, (SCOTS corpus 2003) Shetland - Bressay, weans
'Noo at du's grown up, mi jewel, du sall makk dy mark in Lerr
1 matches

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
en got me a hot toddy. What a jewel to start wir #journey to #Wor(2016)

General Northern

@fittiecrooners tweeted
The Jewel o Moray! Signed says twinned (2017)

(South) East Central

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
day on ma way tae asda at the jewel - cars had got stopped at th (2020) twitter link

West Central

McDonald, Alistair Lallans 59 - Huntegowk, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Central - Netherlee, poetry
Enough tae lay yer jewel, yer prize,
1 matches

Hodgart, John A Catalogue o Sair Neglect, (Bella Calledonia 2016) Central - North Ayrshire, blog
notes – The Shottle (a real jewel box). Sadly it wis oot o prin
1 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
haals me ben the jewel hoose on page 41

1 matches

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Hawick steadfast a treasured jewel on page 26

1 matches

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