A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

thus Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words12.5 17.5 6 0 0 20.7 0
Number of occurrences4034 4 0 0 2 0
Number of authors31 27 3 1

Occurrences of thus in Corpus

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Central

Burnett, Mikey nobody remembers the birdman - It's Ladle, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
se except fae embarrassin me. Thus, demonstratin tae his beautif on page 35

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Marenich, Margaret Lallans 84 - Awa wi’t, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
thon wee bit mair cachet, an thus graithed she sallied furth, i on page 28

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Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
Thus disguised he loupit in on page 34

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
e craws - tae a fresh pickin Thus were the heritors an gentlefo on page 34
that near-on twa hunner were thus airmed. A younger son o the l on page 35
ole wi the swords an pistols. Thus confrontit, puir John Brownin on page 47

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Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
And thus cuid tell frae a rustin blade on page 7

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Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
t ah um a degenerate gambler. Thus, when it comes tae money, ah' on page 60
ma rush tae reach shelter fae thus shitty weather ah barge past on page 176

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Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
Tae paint it thus, convinces us, on page 105

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
ble backwards. Ye unnerstaund thus faur? Are ye wi me?" on page 18

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McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
p us reclaim oor sovranty, an thus oor independence. A hae aye l on page 45

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Thus ended then the 'Buckfast ban' on page 34

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Donati, Colin Scots A Statement o Principles, (Scots Parliament 2003 ISBN: 978-1-899920-02-1) Central, government
the tongue for new purposes. Thus the language is biggit intae on page 9

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Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
ed in their spellin at hame...thus in Sweden I hae met Crafurds on page 10

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Adamson, Donald Bield, (Tapsalteerie 2021) Central - Dumfries, poetry
Thus on a fence, bedraigelt, wat on page 7

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Jarvie, Gordon Lallans 74 - Ballad o an Irish student, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
Ye’ve came thus faur, ye’d best gae on –
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Durie, Nick Votin Seestems, (peffers50.freeserve 2003) Central - Glasgow, prose
efter the percentage o votes (thus giein mukkil poustie til thi
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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 75 - Review - The Shorter fiction, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
bluid is forleitit ahint him. Thus the speiritual warld leas its
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Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
tot o the wirds bi hir neive, thus gates ti mak the message sicc
Thus gates the twenes wes unyt wi
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Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
vanished. Others describe it thus: that the night being fair an
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Bolland, John Lallans 71 - Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in progress, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
well, whit Ah’d seen o her thus far. Pale-pale wi rid-rid hai
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
he category that he describes thus: ‘Another class of modern w
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Hodgart, John Scots Language Act: Oor weans hae richt tae see mither tung respectit, (The National 2021) Central - North Ayrshire, newspaper
n Ireland but no in Scotland. Thus, an incoming Scottish Governm
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Bennett, Peter Sharks, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
e’s mare tae it than he’s thus far divulged.
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 117, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
al, you could compliment them thus, 'You're awfy perjink the day
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McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
Thus his conversation went,
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McKillop, Roger The Builders, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
uestions thegithir. They read thus, “Switch off at the mains.â
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McKillop, Roger Educational (Mis)Communication, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
order bit the class nivir sit thus. Sae A wid jook aw’ aboot t
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Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
thirty yairds awa. They gaed thus:
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Davidson, Alistair The Mitterand Plan, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
at the first sign o tribble. Thus a minor political muive – s
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Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
Kent him fur years, yae see. Thus, ah ken maire than anyboady w
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what's not to agree with. And thus we maun awa, we can nae lange(2020) search twitter

Doric

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
Thus grew e tale o Wonderland: Thu on page 6

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Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 58 - Cyaard, the Tattie Doodle, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Doric, prose
g the mob that day, remembers thus; on page 118

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Hutchison, Pat The Seven Coins o Kineddart, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
d change intae a clean smock. Thus rigged and still sobbin, Mist
1 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
Thus grew th tale o Wunderlaant: on page 6

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