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Use in varieties of Scots

polo Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.4 3.6 3 0 11.6 0 0
Number of occurrences117 2 0 2 0 0
Number of authors7 4 2 1

Occurrences of polo in Corpus

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Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
st ah managed tae find a grey polo shirt and a pair ae Firetrap on page 67

1 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
ed oot o his signature salmon polo necks and intae a shirt. He's on page 6

1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Party ay the Year (Part Two), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
him there wae the Fred Perry polo shirt - is in there hingin o
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Guru an Zander, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
hoes an a blue Paul and Shark polo shirt.
ay casual leisure troosers an polo shirts oan, a size too small,
2 matches

Bennett, Peter Graftin, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
Ah went intae ma exam, school polo shirt near hingin aff ma back
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Al Fresco, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Linlithgow, prose
She had a great liking for Polo mints and Senior Service fags
1 matches

Doric

Strachan, Shane Beyond the Sea, (Scottish Book Trust 2023) Doric, prose
the Adventurers club: a yalla polo shirt, navy shorts and white
1 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
meantime. North Section Water Polo is now ootside for i first ti(2019) search twitter

Shetland

@Julie_Dennison tweeted
excited when I see my peerie polo on da road ?? (2021) twitter link
der news I no longer own a VW polo :( (2020) twitter link