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The word 'poo'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
pooOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.32718
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 17.4 3 3
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 16.3 5 3
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 21.9 2 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.1 4 2
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 4 3 3
SEA - South East (Borders) 25 2 1
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim) 353.4 4 1
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of poo in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Orkney

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
d. I hiv freends aplenty that poo hoo whit they caa diddle didd on page 48

1 matches

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
o geng an tak a yock o her an poo her oot? Surely a body is wir on page 101

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
Du kens da stops ta poo, ta mak dem finer. on page 84

1 matches

Watt, Valerie A skoit trowe da shops, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
a sign axin “Has du hed dy poo da day?” Da less said o dat
1 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
Wi nae mod cons like water an poo'er He vrocht by the sin an th on page 15

2 matches

Goodall, Phyllis J. Berryhill, (timberford.demon 2000) Doric, poetry
They cudna get mair heather poo’ed
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
of Doric words. It means Dog Poo. Mony thanks tae the contribu(2014)
Park #Aberdeen tae putten its poo intae pyoke an placie it aat (2017)

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 77 - Anither Time, Anither Place, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
al beuks that did yer hairt a poo'er o good. on page 30

1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 83 - Dunnottar, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
. Some o them laached, ithers poo-poohed. Munro said: ‘Ah wid
1 matches

(South) East Central

Malgrati, Paul Ayont the Fake and the Leal: Let's Free the Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
bi institutional strength an poo'er. E'en Scots, in the ninete
ots, lackin baith strength an poo'er, canna be forgaithert wioo
definit bi a muckle stranger poo'er structure.
3 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
work - hopefully the eos kin poo a few strings there lo (2020) twitter link

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ow. Naw ah don't think he's a poo somehow Charlene. Aye, she sa on page 110

1 matches

Edinburgh

McPartlin, John Lallans 70 - The Primped Skull, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
you smeddum agin the poo’ers o government
1 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
Wid ye like a chocolate poo? on page 21

1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s linguistic launscape – Scottish Staunart English and Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
the handyman (in Scotland: Mr Poo) – tae the non-dairy compan
1 matches

@mcfarlane_irene tweeted
n and anoonced, "I hae duin a poo and ye'll nivver be able tae (2020)

South East (Borders)

Purves, David Lallans 67 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Southern - Selkirk, newspaper
... Wi' a' my knowledge and poo'er on page 5

2 matches

South West (Galloway)

Haddow, Kris Ronnie's Story, (words.krishaddow.com 2011) Central, prose
there and squeeze oot anither poo...”
1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
Poo up an on page 15
Poo bak, gae fort, kaim taigled h on page 34
In, in, poo aff them wringin claes - on page 53

4 matches

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