Is it “jab” or “jag” ?

[Ninbuscl]

I always said jab but notice people occasionally saying jag. At first I thought these people had got it “wrong” accidentally but I hear the newsreaders seem to switch between jab and jag. Is it a regional thing?

I do realise there are more important issues to be discussing today !

I have only ever heard 'jab' - as in being jabbed by the needle.

We say jag in Scotland.

In Somerset it's jab. I have only ever read jag on here, must be regional.

I have never heard anyone say 'jag' ever!

You get jabbed in the arm not jagged in the arm.

Jag in Glasgow. Regional variations

I'm in Scotland- we say jag

I grew up in England with Scots parents. They said jag. Jab seems universal in England.

I have never ever heard ‘jag’.

Jab comes from being jabbed in the arm with a needle. There’s no ‘jagging’ going on!

Jag in Scotland.
No idea about Wales or NI.
Jab in England.

Regional variation.

It's a regional variation. Everyone Scottish that I know says jag, and most of my English acquaintances say jab.

It's regional.

"I sat on something jaggy".

Ah I was listening to Scottish news and they said jag. I think may be a Glasgow thing? We are Scotland but not glasgow

Jag or jaggy = sharp, like a jaggy thistle.

waits for hundreds of people to trample over the thread dismissively

Jag and jaggy are Scottish words.
(Source = my exdp who had a habit of claiming everything was scots)

Jag in Fife, too.

I grew up in south Wales and have lived in various parts of England. I have only ever heard jab except on here. I had assumed that jag was a typo. Happy to have learned something new.

It’s regional.

There used to be a bit of a weird thing on here back in the days when MMR and autism was a hot topic, where the anti MMR posters were more likely to say jag. Possibly because it just randomly happened that some of the most active of those posters were from Scotland, but I had never seen jag before and spent a long time assuming it was an anti vaccine variant before I actually looked it up and realised it was just a regional thing.

Yes I never heard jag until I moved to Scotland. It made sense to me though as I think if it as meaning something sharp, as in "jagged".

If you think about it they're both kind of violent-sounding!

Jag for Scottish people. Jab for anyone else in the uk.

Jag = injection in Scotland. Also jaggy nettles.

I say jab (grew up in Liverpool)
DP says jab (grew up in London)

I'm a Fifer and use both jag and jab interchangeably.

It's a jag all over Scotland.

@FlibbertyGiblets

Jag in Scotland. No idea about Wales or NI. Jab in England.

Regional variation.

Agreed. I’ve never known anyone Scottish say anything other than jag and vice versa for English.

Can we move onto bread next - is it bap, barm or muffin?