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poll Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words13.3 17.7 6 9.9 0 10.3 8.9
Number of occurrences4335 4 1 0 1 2
Number of authors20 14 3 1 1 1

Occurrences of poll in Corpus

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Central

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
opposed the imposition o the Poll Tax in Scotland a year afor, on page 18
unner fowk turnit up fae anti-poll tax groups, the Green on page 102
their position clear an ilka poll that asks aboot the nuclear s on page 129

3 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ever in the top ten boy bands poll. YAS, shoutet Laura Kyle, GO on page 158

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 82 - Nae Guid Ettle, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
nt, gas bills, bairns' claes, poll tax, the list wis enless. Bit on page 16

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS nummer 109, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
a kintra wis tae hae a public poll tae wale oot a cuttie leet wi
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Ozsome, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
They had been at Poll Tax Hoose tae pey her auntieâ
ooked up by a muckle tornado. Poll Tax Hoose eventually landit w
2 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit The Embra Greement, (Scots Language Centre 2012) Central, government
he end o 2014. The date o the poll
orrit. The Order caws for the poll for
a day that the‟r nae ither poll tae be held throu
• the wey that the poll is run; an
the wey that the poll is run an annooncin the affco
7 matches

McClurg, Fernando Votin isna Democracy. But..., (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
saets – leuk at the raicent poll that gies the SNP jist ower h
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando The Great Divide, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
urg, Fernando on the Ashcroft poll, an whether Scots politics is
rd Ashcroft’s consitutuency poll, an they dinna leuk onie less
heir shooders at the Ashcroft poll an sayin “Weill, this pollâ
an sayin “Weill, this poll’s frae places that votit Ay
4 matches

McClurg, Fernando Thon Survation poll..., (The Sair Fecht 2014) Central, blog
likely the lest ful Scottish poll o 2014. The fieldwark wis cai
er, sae this is the first ful poll (as agin Scottish subsamples
ae the maist recent Survation poll i brackets):
en an even SSP figurs for the poll whan it cam tae Holyrood, but
interestin thing is that this poll faws pretty weill i line wi w
5 matches

@MartinBroon tweeted
much whit A said??????. Good Poll. Happy New Year @NewsandChron(2020) search twitter

@RickHJohnston tweeted
be in the EU. 65% in the last poll. https://t.co/rlvACKIQDC (2022) twitter link

@OliphantWullie tweeted
@AnnieWellsMSP A pretendy poll, in a pretendy parliament, by (2022) twitter link

@Chazzbat tweeted
pondents tae the day's YouGov poll dinnae unnerstaund the pynt o(2020) search twitter

@raiphsays tweeted
A kno!! He winnin in a uvver poll, ers 2, so we hus tae make hi(2020) search twitter
link ye tae a oany #tripedog poll ye shud vote Peepee in! Ers g(2020) search twitter
#tripedog! #teampeepee ?????? Poll 1: https://t.co/sxEZNMOCbY Po(2020) search twitter

@LairnScots tweeted
#Scots poll fir ye the night! Whaur does (2021) twitter link

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
good to see this poll and the scots folks opinions (2021) twitter link

Doric

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
@NeilDrysdale fit rare a poll min. Hud a wee thochty aboot (2015) search twitter

@FaeFoggie tweeted
Iss is an affa serious poll. Yis should aa vote. Stovies.(2019) search twitter
n get mair fowk ti answer iss poll. @standupfarmer can you help.(2019) search twitter

@72redz1903 tweeted
mon, New Age Travellers, Anti Poll tax, Right tae Party....Nae s (2020) twitter link

Orkney

Facebook link (Orkney Reevlers 2021) Orkney
A while ago I posted a poll askan fokk if they wid say â€

Southern

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
ng paper fur ‘em!? Even that poll!(2020) search twitter

Ulster

@the_gellick tweeted
My poll shaws Ulster-Scotch folk are (2018) twitter link
Dinnae fash - I'll dae a wee poll! https://t.co/tCQpxGH9lR (2017) twitter link