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The word 'soo'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
sooOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus196117
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 34.9 6 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 246.1 7 1
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 55.6 17 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 38 7 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 4
SEA - South East (Borders) 87.3 7 1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 219.7 7 1
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards) 51.2 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 32.8 1 1
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of soo in Corpus

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Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Only the soo will hae a full belly efter t on page 117

1 matches

Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
Aa - aafil fine Soo - oop! on page 107

4 matches

Sandison, Iris Da Tree Peerie Grice, (Shetland For Wirds 2002) Shetland, weans
mam - a graet muckle sturdy soo - bit as time guid by, shö
id by da yard daek, da midder soo tellt dem ta be wary o da Muc
2 matches

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
Beau-ootiful Soo-oop! on page 102
Beau-ootiful Soo-oop! on page 103

7 matches

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
s taall an hid a snoot like a soo. on page 56

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
hrow its collar...rub it wi a soo's piddles, or the skin o a st
1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
Soo, watched them wi her.
irewirk,” grumphed Suzy the Soo wallopin her lugs an kecklin.
y the Coo” skirled Suzy the Soo... bit naebody heedit her.
the meen?” speired Suzy the Soo fin Kirsty wun back tae the f
20. The Tale o Suzy the Soo
15 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
iel fa wis biggin a ruck or a soo.
1 matches

@cligeey tweeted
ese and sweet chilli sauce - soo tasty. Fits abidy else having(2020)

(South) East Central

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 85 - D.I.Y. Doctor , (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
, squallochin like a pigstuck soo, throu hes gran's front door, on page 34

1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
Byoo-ootiful Soo-oop! on page 105

7 matches

General Central

Briggs, Susi The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - The Princess and the Grumphieman, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
A cantie auld soo aince steyed in a sty, on page 88

1 matches

Connor, Charles P. Lallans 74 - Flittin In, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
fore thaim’d left it like a soo’s cray an it wad tak Annie
1 matches

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
Soo bored, miss being bossed aboo(2020)

@jax6754 tweeted
2015 and still oan track fir soo much more thanks tae @JeffBra(2015)

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
Beau-ootiful Soo-oop! on page 105
"Soo-oop o th e-e-evenin, on page 106

7 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
Beau-ootifu Soo-oop! on page 106
"Soo-oop o the e-e-evenin, on page 107

7 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
r bonnet, Bot we'r aa tha yin soo's pigs, ye ken, an aye we shu on page 11

1 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
A soo's pink een, in lamp-licht bli on page 1

1 matches

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