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The word 'threit'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
threitOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.61812
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 8.9 2 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 10.2 4 3
WCE - West Central 18.4 4 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.6 2 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 4
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 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 threit in Corpus

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General Northern

Philip, George Tales Fae The Doric Side - Winter, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
es o beauty jeelt an sherp wi threit, on page 80

1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Loch Skeen, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
the gaits irnae onie threit an thay bide thegaither fine,
1 matches

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom Lallans 59 - Leids and Lieder: Walcome ti Helvetiscots, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
he claimed the leid wis unner threit frae the forces o 'progress'. on page 5

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS nummer 109, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
ain bairns, an that it's nae threit tae thair bairns' chances o s
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
about the threit at the wraks wuid be kest low
l yibbil ti cairrie out sicna threit sae Ebenezer telt thaim at
2 matches

West Central

Clark, Thomas Scots an the smit: a language unner lockdoun, (Bella Caledonia 2020) Central - Bellshill, blog
The existential threit tae Scots haes lang been the
1 matches

Davidson, Alistair The Mitterand Plan, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
hit haed been nair mair nor a threit o financial disaster becam re
, ilka kintra haes facedd the threit o capital flicht. It cripples
an gin necessary invade onie threit tae the seistem. This begs th
3 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
Thir fowk were unarmed an nae threit. Shairly they cud be spared?
ilk attemp at dissuasion wi a threit tae git up an gang leukin for
2 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
ale lot. (An it wis this last threit, that had aabody luikin sae d on page 44

1 matches

General Central

Stevenson, Gerda Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland, (Luath 2020 ISBN: 978-1913025502) Central, poetry
i yer coorse nieve - I'm nae threit; on page 40

1 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
seek fed-up o hearin the same threit in the same wey, ower and owe on page 139

1 matches

Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
the thocht o sic an appearant threit. Ahin the satire the’r the
1 matches

MacMinto, Gregor Hippies, Authenticity and Globalisation, (Wordpress 2022) Central, prose
irances as steppin aside an a threit tae the American guise, hippi
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Stevenson, Gerda Kilmeny, (Scottish Language Center 2021) Southern - Scottish Borders, prose
grun, telt them they were nae threit tae her, an neist time, sheâ€
1 matches

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