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Use in varieties of Scots

polka Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.3 1.1 3.2 19.9 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences72 2 2 0 0 1
Number of authors7 2 2 2 1

Occurrences of polka in Corpus

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Central

Grae, Emma Billy's Ghost Dug, (liarsleague.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
Ah pull oot Neville’s reid, polka-dot bowl, which ah’ve no hu
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
meeliar soonds o the Bluebell Polka an ither weel loved tunes pla
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Doric

Wheeler, Leslie Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Doric, weans
Aul-fashioned waltz or polka, a hornpipe or strathspey: on page 13

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@FaeFoggie tweeted
rthern Lights into i Bluebell Polka. Fit a Chiel. RIP Tom. Een o (2020) search twitter

Orkney

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Dansan a polka and singan in riddles on page 90

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Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
truth be telt I fair enjoy a polka roond the kitchin. Mibe more on page 48

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Ulster

Cartmill, Claire Three score years an ten, (Ballymoney and Moyle Times 2014) Ulster, newspaper
the lancers an the setts, the polka an the reels
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