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Use in varieties of Scots

thi Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words798.5 465.2 2434.8 427.3 0 0 8.9
Number of occurrences2588921 1622 43 0 0 2
Number of authors27 19 4 4 1

Occurrences of thi in Corpus

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Central

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Eh wid like ti thank sum o thi fowk that huv helped me alang on page i
Welcum Ti Thi Show on page 1
this is thi weh eh wiz taught on page 2
should sit doon ti rite thi nite on page 3
in thi nappy, listenin ti yir on page 5
Also on pages 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 89, 90, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 120, 121
619 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
coapyin thi lynes an bluschis on page 59
beskit o thi goads, on page 61
i thi caalt ertik snaa on page 62
syn thi brak o thi dey on page 63
thi button spheirs o quehit steil on page 64
Also on pages 65, 66, 67
53 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Lallans 68 - Barlinnie Gradyooits, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
Wully Micoy wis in thi Paisly Ixpress thi day: him a on page 41

45 matches

Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
Sae roon, sae saft thi Orkney sun on the green grun, on page 59

1 matches

Watt, George T. Lallans 73 - Nae Tae Be Taein, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
Oh by jings at thi Beijing games oor flag's nae on page 41

3 matches

Watt, George T. Lallans 73 - Wir we that young!, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
moos keen, an thi glint o thi ee on page 48

11 matches

Watt, George T. Lallans 73 - A Braw Bairn, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
hingin oan agin thi flood, on page 59

3 matches

Watt, George T. Lallans 73 - Buffalo Bill, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
A mind thi auld folk recallin on page 62

9 matches

Watt, George T. Lallans 73 - Gruggie, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
Fan thi Clyde atween Greenock an Hele on page 74

8 matches

Watt, George T. Lallans 73 - Land o Fallen Empires, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
In thi land o fallen empires, on page 76

9 matches

Watt, George T. Lallans 73 - Thi Leerie, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
Thi Leerie on page 93

16 matches

Watt, George T. Lallans 73 - Red on Maroon, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
frae thi ancients till noo, on page 111

4 matches

Reider O'Doom Aye!, (damagnifyingless.wordpress.com 2013) Central, poetry
an’ thi’ve goat ye wannert.
1 matches

Watt, George T. Lallans 74 - Januar 19th, 2009, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
Thi Rid Breist gaes oot a tune
tho thi bonfrost hauds fest,
on thi faur horizon.
Thi sun that gaed doon last nicht
fur thi wurld has taen a bit sclaff
8 matches

Durie, Nick Votin Seestems, (peffers50.freeserve 2003) Central - Glasgow, prose
Thi ir a hatter o ither seestems
lan's Euroconstitouensies, wi thi PR. Misfortunatelie this cann
w fowk is eleckit tae fill aa thi saets. Clairlie thon seestem'
thus giein mukkil poustie til thi preises o a pertie, fir thai
e is pitten aff o the leit an thi ir a forder vote a pukkil o d
7 matches

Watt, George T. Lallans 74 - Distempered, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, poetry
Fan thi dairk o thi nicht is glimmered
wi thi first hint o eastren licht,.
A hear an ouzel perched upon thi rhone
Aye, lon dubh, tae thi lift yer singin,
thi only gift ye hae fur gaein,
23 matches

Higgs, Jo The tale of how Evan Evans scrapped wi Evan Nichols, (berfrois 2022) Central - Edinburgh, prose
ken apart by a silly wurd: in thi end wiz thi wurd.
end wiz thi wurd.
2 matches

Bolland, John A Chocolate Cowboy, (From Glasgow To Saturn 2008) Central, prose
’s hid aa rottit doon intae thi October damp bi then, couch-g
1 matches

Bolland, John Lallans 71 - Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in progress, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
Thi operator hiz discretion tae s
Thi air in the parlour wiz waarm.
Thi harbour then or Wally’s sho
Thi Mither pokes her mittened hau
Thi wifie Margaret’s nae a quin
5 matches

Cunningham, Liam Tam, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Bellshill, prose
Oan thi wiy hame a took a short cut n
rk." The music stoaped deid n thi aw looked roon it mi. I jamp
thit a disrupted their dance. Thi aw ran aiftir me n ma horse.
3 matches

Sutherland, Hope Twa sisters, een room, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Buckie, prose
it I suppose not iverybody is thi same are the?
boot. It’s almost as though thi room is split in half half i
I want it tae be! But maist o thi time I’d personally say itâ
rd me play it afore. Even wee thi fiddle we are still very diff
e were wee n used tae play we thi dollies. We’d spen ages set
7 matches

Geraghty, Martin A Bad Sport, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
he says, rubbin’ hiz hauns thi gither. ‘This is the plan â
1 matches

McKenzie, Roddy Cataracts, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2018) Central - Dundee, prose
Thi alarm gied yi a flehg so yi b
is. When ye first stairted in thi Cleppy Road, before thi bairn
Cleppy Road, before thi bairns, it wiz a joy to get u
brah crowd o` lassies and aw thi strappin laddies fae thi mill
strappin laddies fae thi mills doon thi road drappin`
38 matches

Valentine, Lynn Thi Loast Bairn, (Wigtown 2015) Central - Arbroath, poetry
in thi nicht wi hir girnin; a loup r
s a tod then, a vixen circlin thi yaird?
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 105, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
ummer o fowk thit speired wha thi baund, thi sangsters an thi d
baund, thi sangsters an thi dancers micht be - an wantit
be - an wantit tae ken whar thi cud git mair!
3 matches

@rosa_alba_macd tweeted
gain nae fechtin tae owercome thi virus. Ye hauna ony shame ava(2020) search twitter

@Angela1Sinclair tweeted
iphsays @FlyRaiph Diz it mean thi days revalooshun is cansilt a(2020) search twitter
wan tae. Ah sooked it up wae thi hoovur.(2020) search twitter
gpang @raiphsays At looks lit thi place Bawjaws an hees bidie i(2020) search twitter

@fairpechtoot tweeted
Leonard make o this? 'This is thi six o'clock news...' https://(2017) search twitter

@johnstone_shane tweeted
Thi bold Billy Kay readin ma buik (2020) twitter link
n in Scots afore, a ken it in thi Gaelic! Wunner which yin cam (2020) twitter link
mair aboot the man. Comin fae thi Sooth ae Glesga anaw! @Henbel (2020) twitter link
ad it A screived a buik aboot thi Scottish musik industry an it (2020) twitter link
gahn aboot an it's nevvir dae thi fowk knoackin thir melt's in (2020) twitter link
and 17 other occurrences.

Doric

Bolland, John Tales Fae The Doric Side - Hadean Eon: 4.5 Billion Years ago , (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
Thi agonists are ay thi same: on page 82
a crust aboot thi taffy dough. Rafts o firm gru on page 83

15 matches

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
THI PEER CRAITER on page 1
thi en, lot's a tyme's an every t on page 3
Ma faither thi "Chief," weis een o thi Boddi on page 4
eis en ayginee fin we got tae thi tap, bit a felt eit weis wurt on page 5
eit er weis a boat on 'o' thi rock's, so font thi Coastguar on page 6
Also on pages 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 55, 56, 57, 59, 60, 61, 62, 64, 65, 65, 67, 68, 69
1508 matches

Thom, Bill The Quait Chiel, (Tapsalteerie 2013 ISBN: 9780992663100) Doric - Banff, poetry
Sittin pittin thi world tae richt, on page 5
Thi twa o them aye disagreed, on page 6
Syne terror swallied up thi pair, on page 8
An pulled oot thi heeds o mony men! on page 11
An stared Aul Nick richt in thi eye: on page 12
Also on pages 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31
96 matches

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
iv near oan handled mair baws thiÂ’n Amber fae BugsyÂ’s......sh(2019) search twitter
kitHoor ? Ma thrapple's dryer thi'n a Camels erse!(2017) search twitter
on wis up nÂ’ doon mair times thiÂ’n a hoors draÂ’wers #iamacel(2019) search twitter

Orkney

Johnston, Barbara Gallows Ha - Dance tae the End, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
I sidle among thim - thi'll mind me hereefter. on page 27

1 matches

Norquoy, Greer Gallows Ha - The Weather Dance, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Thi'll cum tae me anither day, on page 29

1 matches

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Thi'll cum tae me anither day on page 155

1 matches

Leonard, Ingrid Northwords Now 43 - Ingrid Leonard, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2022) Orkney, poetry
i thowts o voices that teemed thi air, on page 18

29 matches

Flett, Alison Harbour, (Scottish Poetry Library 2004) Orkney, poetry
thi ebb an flo
down tay thi harbour
see thi boats cummin in
at the endy thi peer
thi namesy thi boats
10 matches

Ulster

Swannock Fulton, Rab ahm grinnin lik an eejit , (Association for Scottish Literary Studies 2005 ISBN: 978-0948877698) Ulster - Galway, poetry
but cin ainly brek haets fae thi cosmic on page 38

2 matches

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