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The word 'ho'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
hoOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus33.110622
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 17.4 3 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 53.2 12 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 35.8 14 3
WCE - West Central 18.4 4 1
DUN - Dundee 31.9 3 1
EDN - Edinburgh 50.2 8 1
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 56.1 42 8
SEA - South East (Borders) 199.6 16 2
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of ho in Corpus

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Shetland

Watt, Valerie Da secret wirld o Santie’s elves, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
t I heard dat unmistakable “HO HO HO!” I lookit roond an d
HO HO!” I lookit roond an dere he
2 matches

Mid Northern A

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
Ho ho Lonach The patron's toast Rin on page 15

2 matches

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
An' if ye wint some fun (ho ho ho) on page 156
Aye, aye! Och! Ho, ho! Aye! Ho, ho, ho, ho! Ho, ho! on page 174

11 matches

@cligeey tweeted
@Smicht Tally ho and a that min(2020)

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
"Suttin tae dae wae his HO,HO,HO bein too festive, mate." on page 97

3 matches

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
Hi ho, hi ho, it's aff tae work I go. Miss(2020)

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
move likes by the eos but hey ho its the muppet show lol (2020) twitter link
to give the snp the big heave ho (2021) twitter link
ghter that yous got the heave ho yesterday - have a guid new (2020) twitter link
right efter the latest heave ho (2020) twitter link
get a game 2 morro - but hey ho its nae worries - a single n (2020) twitter link
and 3 other occurrences.

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
kept makin me laugh by sayin, Ho gaunnae nip ma pal, an, C'mer on page 117
HO YOU MUNCHKIN FEATURES, Chris on page 169

4 matches

Dundee

Robertson, Gary A Wee Dundee Xmas Poem, (Lidl 2020) Central, poetry
Ho Ho Ho! Itz the season to be jolly
1 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Traisur Insch (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008) Central, prose
Yo-ho-ho an a bottil o rumb!' on page 3
hard the houss shakkin wi 'Yo ho ho, an a bottil o rumb', aw t on page 5
Yo ho ho an a bottil o rumb! on page 7

8 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
ye kin gie this cat the heave-ho?" on page 84

1 matches

General Central

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
But noo, ho-ho!, although she sleent, on page 115

2 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
g while, and syne he'll say: "Ho-ho!" ' on page 41
'Ye mean it isna ho-ho-ish ony mair?' said Wee Grump on page 42
LAMP (in a snystie mainner): "Ho-ho!' on page 43
'Ho-ho!' said Christopher Robin lood on page 45
it oot. 'He should hae said, "Ho-bo!" again. Mibbe I'd better on page 47
Also on pages 48
31 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
Bumhole – soondit as 'boom-ho-leh' tae hae a lauch at the f
1 matches

@g_hibby tweeted
Righty ho.. That's the Hubble Space Tel (2022) twitter link

@jax6754 tweeted
anuary sales cos we're skint! Ho ho ho! xxx ?????????? https:/(2018)

@MartinBroon tweeted
Ho! @herobelfast tell Frank, A’(2020)

@RickHJohnston tweeted
s. Time tae gie her the heave-ho. She's no actually Scottish i (2022) twitter link

@DABArbuckle tweeted
tak him awa. Ha ha. Hee hee. Ho ho.(2020)

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
e tell when th race was ower. Ho'e'er, when they hed bin rinni on page 26
ed tae b' patted oan th back. Ho'e'er, eet was ower at last, a on page 28
this an awfy hard queestion. Ho'e'er, at last she stretched h on page 50
yin meenit tae th next! Ho'e'er, A've got back tae ma ri on page 53
hether eet would lik th name: ho'e'er, eet only grinned a bit on page 62
Also on pages 63, 73, 81, 83, 88, 91, 108
12 matches

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
10. The Ferr Traivlar: Ho Hsun (5th Century)
12. Hamecummin: Ho Ch’e Chang (659-744)
of Ho Hsun (5th Century)
of Ho Ch’e Ch’ang (659-744)
4 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
‘Ye-ho!’ yeuched Harry, who haed c
1 matches

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