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The word 'polo'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
poloOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.3117
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 4.9 2 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 20.5 4 1
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders)
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)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of polo in Corpus

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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

Mid Northern A

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

General Northern

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

(South) East 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

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

Glasgow

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

Ayrshire

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
d were happit in yella woolen polo necks, sae in oor een this wi on page 23

1 matches

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