A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

yo Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.3 6 10.4 0 5.8 10.3 0
Number of occurrences2112 7 0 1 1 0
Number of authors11 7 2 1 1

Occurrences of yo 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.

Central

Dalgetty, Moira Lallans 104 - The Best Laid Schemes..., (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, poetry
Ah spent sae muckle o ma life yo-yoin in and oota the care sys on page 102

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Wha thi fuck is yo-yo an whar thi fuck ir you, on page 45

2 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
up an doon an up an doon lik yo-yos aw the time. Ma da gied C on page 143

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Traisur Insch (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008) Central, prose
Yo-ho-ho an a bottil o rumb!' on page 3
ae hard the houss shakkin wi 'Yo ho ho, an a bottil o rumb', a on page 5
Yo ho ho an a bottil o rumb! on page 7

4 matches

@MartinBroon tweeted
@POLLIDEE Yo! Huvin a paaarteeey! ????. ??(2020) search twitter
@JustEatUK yo! Is yer app fucked??(2019) search twitter

@mcfarlane_irene tweeted
uch a success. And thanks for yo (2019) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
yo ho ho mr p lol (2020) twitter link

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
glaiss o fizzy cola an a mint Yo-yo. on page 64
ord player; an wi ate a lotta Yo-yos. on page 66

5 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
dottled yo-yo. It wis sae undignifeed, a st
1 matches

Shetland

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
le about what you do and that yo (2018) twitter link

Southern

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
Me same until 13 yo!! Alang with fuckin cap every(2020) search twitter