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The word 'polly'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
pollyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.51510
ORK - Orkney 29.8 3 2
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 15.1 3 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 3
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.1 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 62.8 2 1
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
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 polly in Corpus

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Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
"He's gotten the scent o wir Polly," said the missus, wi a grin. on page 56

2 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Like Polly in the Pythons - on page 105

1 matches

Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 90 - Mrs Cadwallader’s Conversion, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
Morrison in The History of Mr Polly he wis a man 'living a profou on page 40

1 matches

Glasgow

Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
. Bit instead Ah dragged thon polly-bag o nuts along the tarmac,
1 matches

Geraghty, Martin A Bad Sport, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
stuffin’ thim intae an Aldi polly bag.
, pulling a newspaper fae his polly bag n hawdin’ it up. The Su
2 matches

General Central

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
their haunds. "Polly and masel jist wantit tae tel on page 140
attin him on the back. "Weel, Polly and masel had better get back on page 141

2 matches

Tollick, Margaret Tapsalteerie and Ither Tales, (Windfall Books 2008 ISBN: 978-0955726422) Central, weans
Wee Polly Fraser on page 13

2 matches

Harrison, Jean Lallans 59 - BARRY SCHUIL 1928 - 1934, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
nny had ane, it said, "Pretty Polly!" Q was for Queen, we kent ab on page 120

1 matches

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
"Dae a rolly-polly in th sea!" cried th Mock Tur on page 98

1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Gillen, Charles Fifty Nine, (Ullans Press 2005) Ulster, poetry
Polly Meg an the Bridgit lady.
Polly stud weel Meg wud fidgit,
2 matches

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