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Use in varieties of Scots

poo Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words8.3 5 10.4 9.9 17.4 20.7 17.7
Number of occurrences2710 7 1 3 2 4
Number of authors18 8 4 1 3 1 1

Occurrences of poo in Corpus

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Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ow. Naw ah don't think he's a poo somehow Charlene. Aye, she sa on page 110

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Dinnae Mak Me Laugh, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
Wid ye like a chocolate poo? on page 21

1 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 70 - The Primped Skull, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
you smeddum agin the poo’ers o government
1 matches

Malgrati, Paul Ayont the Fake and the Leal: Let's Free the Leid, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
bi institutional strength an poo'er. E'en Scots, in the ninete
ots, lackin baith strength an poo'er, canna be forgaithert wioo
definit bi a muckle stranger poo'er structure.
3 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s linguistic launscape – Scottish Staunart English and Scots, (languagereach.com 2021) Central, prose
the handyman (in Scotland: Mr Poo) – tae the non-dairy compan
1 matches

Haddow, Kris Ronnie's Story, (words.krishaddow.com 2011) Central, prose
there and squeeze oot anither poo...”
1 matches

@mcfarlane_irene tweeted
n and anoonced, "I hae duin a poo and ye'll nivver be able tae (2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
work - hopefully the eos kin poo a few strings there lo (2020) twitter link

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 77 - Anither Time, Anither Place, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
al beuks that did yer hairt a poo'er o good. on page 30

1 matches

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
Wi nae mod cons like water an poo'er He vrocht by the sin an th on page 15

2 matches

Goodall, Phyllis J. Berryhill, (timberford.demon 2000) Doric, poetry
They cudna get mair heather poo’ed
1 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 83 - Dunnottar, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Doric, prose
. Some o them laached, ithers poo-poohed. Munro said: ‘Ah wid
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
of Doric words. It means Dog Poo. Mony thanks tae the contribu(2014) search twitter
Park #Aberdeen tae putten its poo intae pyoke an placie it aat (2017) search twitter

Orkney

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
d. I hiv freends aplenty that poo hoo whit they caa diddle didd on page 48

1 matches

Shetland

Greig, Charles A Shetland Bible, (Saint Andrew Press 2009 ISBN: 978-0715209158) Shetland - Lerwick, prose
o geng an tak a yock o her an poo her oot? Surely a body is wir on page 101

1 matches

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
Du kens da stops ta poo, ta mak dem finer. on page 84

1 matches

Watt, Valerie A skoit trowe da shops, (Shetland Times 2008) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
a sign axin “Has du hed dy poo da day?” Da less said o dat
1 matches

Southern

Purves, David Lallans 67 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Southern - Selkirk, newspaper
... Wi' a' my knowledge and poo'er on page 5

2 matches

Ulster

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
Poo up an on page 15
Poo bak, gae fort, kaim taigled h on page 34
In, in, poo aff them wringin claes - on page 53

4 matches

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