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Use in varieties of Scots

thur's Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words27.5 29.8 0 29.8 0 0 119.5
Number of occurrences8858 0 3 0 0 27
Number of authors12 9 2 1

Occurrences of thur's in Corpus

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Central

Moodie, Gordon D. Lallans 90 - Snoke Iz A Pithie Warlock, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
Whin we goat tae heez place, thur's a mingin hum o friythe fish. on page 78
hud oan: Noo Ah gie it thocht thur's ane thingie. on page 80

3 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
min. Place tae hing oot cause thur's only yin road in an oot. Up o on page 1

18 matches

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
hink is a bit on the nose. Thur's stuff written doon but on page 1

15 matches

Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
But thur's those think fowk on page 95

1 matches

Crawford, Ross Eemis Stane 1 - Ane Dialog betwix King James VI, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, script
James: Weel, that's true. But thur's mair ae thum quho spak Englis on page 12

1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
's a liar an’ a petty thief Thur's justice whin 'e comes tae gri
Thur's a witch in profile oan the fa
2 matches

Facebook link ( 2016) Central
Finally thur's oor Sandy's poshest heidstane

Facebook link ( 2017) Central
end. But it wisnae ... Ye see thur's aye anither yin ready tae ste

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
end. But it wisnae ... Ye see thur's aye anither yin ready tae ste

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
An he did ... Ye see thur's aye anither yin.

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
Thur's even a flesh hook tae cut yer

@Chazzbat tweeted
hur subject tae violence, but thur's nae need tae stop thum fae ya(2020) search twitter
@Lenniesaurus Thur's a type o man on here wha hus (2020) search twitter
Thur's no mony Scots actors wha cin (2020) search twitter
nnerstaun this sort o racism. Thur's clearly a section o society w(2020) search twitter
e maitter hou famous they ur, thur's rules aboot it.(2020) search twitter
and 5 other occurrences.

@pmcm1355 tweeted
@thetimesscot Eh, naw. Thur's bin an election & thur's a ma (2022) twitter link

Orkney

Hall, Simon W. The Orkney Gruffalo, (Itchy Coo 2015 ISBN: 978-1785300066) Orkney, weans
An thur's purple prickles aal ower his on page 10
An thur's purple prickles aal ower his on page 12

2 matches

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Thur's nobody sure on page 120

1 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
hnks wi standart Inglesh, but thur's monie differences in baith gr on page v
Doon, doon, doon. Thur's naethin else tae dae, sae Ali on page 10
let on tae be twa fowk! Sure thur's naw enuch o mae left tae mak on page 14
k it likly can taak. Oniewye, thur's nae hairm in tryin." Sae shae on page 22
e answer, sae Alice went on: "Thur's a pooerfu nice wee doag near on page 23
Also on pages 35, 36, 52, 53, 56, 57, 58, 67, 74, 84, 90, 100, 101, 110, 119, 121
27 matches

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