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The word 'yo'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
yoOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus6.32111
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 22.9 7 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central 8.9 2 2
DUN - Dundee 21.2 2 1
EDN - Edinburgh 24.8 4 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 3.9 3 2
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)
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 yo in Corpus

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Shetland

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
le about what you do and that yo (2018) twitter link

Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
glaiss o fizzy cola an a mint Yo-yo. on page 64
ord player; an wi ate a lotta Yo-yos. on page 66

5 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
dottled yo-yo. It wis sae undignifeed, a st
1 matches

(South) East Central

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
yo ho ho mr p lol (2020) twitter link

West Central

Dalgetty, Moira Lallans 104 - The Best Laid Schemes..., (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, poetry
Ah spent sae muckle o ma life yo-yoin in and oota the care sys on page 102

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
up an doon an up an doon lik yo-yos aw the time. Ma da gied C on page 143

1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Wha thi fuck is yo-yo an whar thi fuck ir you, on page 45

2 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Traisur Insch (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008) Central, prose
Yo-ho-ho an a bottil o rumb!' on page 3
ae hard the houss shakkin wi 'Yo ho ho, an a bottil o rumb', a on page 5
Yo ho ho an a bottil o rumb! on page 7

4 matches

General Central

@MartinBroon tweeted
@POLLIDEE Yo! Huvin a paaarteeey! ????. ??(2020)
@JustEatUK yo! Is yer app fucked??(2019)

@mcfarlane_irene tweeted
uch a success. And thanks for yo (2019)

South East (Borders)

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
Me same until 13 yo!! Alang with fuckin cap every(2020)