I hate the word 'jab'

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There, I said it.

What about needles. As in 'I'm taking the baby for his needles?'

I have never heard jaguar being shortened to jag.

Jag is probably used as often as Jaguar, and has been for as long as I can remember (I’m old).

I have never heard jaguar being shortened to jag

This is a popular shortening-‘eg X drives a Jag…’

Oh, I've not heard that one. What part of the country says that?

I have never heard jaguar being shortened to jag

You mean you’ve never had anyone ask you to go for a spin in their Jag?

I’m more used to Jag for Jaguar than anything else

eg we’ll take the Jag

"But jag is completely wrong

It's jab!"

Do you think it might be possible it's both? Neither are wrong and both are used in different parts of the country.

I'm Scottish and say "jag" for injections. It's just local dialect.

I live in Scotland, although am not Scottish, but haven't adopted 'jag'. I stick with 'jab'.

I read during lockdown that it became fashionable for Anglophile Americans to say 'jab' instead of the more usual 'shot'.

John 'two jags' Prescott?

Never heard that said.

I have think Ireland .

Absolutely can't abide jag. I'm not Scottish and my hackles go up every time I see it. It's jab as in jab with sharp object. Jaggy isnt something I would want shoved in my skin.

"Jab" has started to creep into American English, mainly in the context of describing how many shots you have had. ''Double or triple shot" generally means something else in American English, so we had to come up with something to describe the number of times we have had a vaccination. Occasionally you will hear someone say ''triple jabbed", especially TV commentators, but more often the expression most people use is ''triple vaxed."

Your get angry every time you see scottish people use a scottish term? Bit of an overreaction.

A quick bit of research indicates that both 'jag' and 'jab' are etymologically related, with jag going into Scots and jab going into English. The Scots word seems to be the older usage.

I wouldn't exactly call it angry like.

Well, Scots isn’t Scottish English so it depends what you’re asking really.

But unless I know the context is injections - jab would be hitting with something blunter like a fist or an elbow.

jag is always injections, jaggy is something sharp or scratchy.

I'm in Ireland (south coast) and have never heard 'needles' used. It's jab here.

I say jag.

Would say taking baby for their jags.

Would also say poked in the arm, not jabbed.

Needles are jaggy so jags make sense!

And also "gie them a jaggy bunnet".

As an aside in relation to a PP, my bairn has just had his stookie aff.

Although have just googled jaggy bunnet and it's not the definition I use for it but at least it does relate to the head.

That's kind of what hackles going up indicates.

I'll take your word for it if you're that quick to anger then maybe you should see someone about it. It's not healthy

Partick Thistle are known as The Jags, because thistles are jaggy.

Start and end of my Scottish footballing knowledge.

My Irish friend says jag. I dislike it more than jab.

Also, jaggy jumpers, the jabby jumper hole sounds a whole lot more violent.