Credit Where It's Due.......

[ToraToraTora]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-scotland-63157381
....Apparently all Scots are encouraged to get a "Booster" Jag. Not familiar with the model myself but I do encourage Jag ownership.

[wolf63]

What's wrong with us getting jags? ☺

[ToraToraTora]

Nothing at all wolf, hence the phrase: "I do encourage Jag ownership. "

[wolf63]

it sounds more appropriate than jab.

I'm getting my booster and flu jag in about four weeks.

☺☻

[New Judge]

"An independent Scotland 'has what it takes' "

Quite so. It's just a question of who it takes it from.

[naomi24]

‘Jab’, I guess is a jab from a needle so it makes sense - but ‘jag’? What does that actually mean?

[DTCwordfan]

Is Queen Nicola giving out even more of our English and Welsh hard-earned money?

[Neveracrossword]

Jag,meaning the same as Jab, is in Collins dictionary, and probably a few others. It's in very common usage in Scotland.

[naomi24]

I know it’s in common use in Scotland but the word makes no sense.

[MissTerious]

Agree Naomi. I had my JAB on Friday and suffered all day yesterday, but better now.

[sandyRoe]

There's a bar in Belfast called The Jeggy Nettle.
Jeg, Jeggy, are used both in Scotland and N Ireland.

[gness]

Jag and jaggy have long been used in Scotland to describe anything sharp such as a holly bush...a needle.
Strange that the desire to change the way the Scottish and Irish speak and the words we use is still with us.

[Peter Pedant]

credit where it is due
Boris admits he completely tanked the economy
OK well what he said was......

[naomi24]

Who wants to change the words you use, gness?

[gness]

Looking at different dictionaries jag makes much more sense than jab.

[gness]

Oh come on, Naomi. You must know what happened to our language and those who spoke it.
You've just said that the word I grew up using and those who still use it makes no sense.

[naomi24]

It doesn’t make sense to me, gness, which is why I asked - but it’s a bit of a leap to suggest I’m trying to stop you using it.

[sandyRoe]

Not all of the people in the UK speak with the accent of the posh south east.

[naomi24]

How very observant, sandyRoe. I’d never noticed.

[perseverer]

According to Chambers the derivation of jab is from the Scottish variant of job, meaning a thrust etc.

Do those who are scoffing at jag get jabbed for example by the thorns on a rose bush?

[naomi24]

God! Why so touchy! No one is scoffing and no one is trying to change the way anyone speaks. I asked a question because I was interested to know why the word is used.