A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

thousand Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.7 4.6 0 9.9 5.8 0 4.4
Number of occurrences129 0 1 1 0 1
Number of authors9 6 1 1 1

Occurrences of thousand in Corpus

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Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
nd has just handed him twelve thousand pounds to write a play about on page 50
ikely to be no more than five thousand pounds. But don't worry. Even on page 52

2 matches

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
untie tries tae entertain the thousand weans kickin aboot. Ah've los on page 173

1 matches

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
we a thousand hands on page 23
Thi bus is full o a thousand thoughts, on page 38

2 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
A thousand thre hundyr and the fyft yher on page 129

1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Three days in October, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
things say there wis a hunner thousand staundin up tae be coontit on
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
‘’There’s seven thousand there, Danny. You know I’m
1 matches

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Orkney

Butler, Vera Gallows Ha - Maggie o Quoys and Bessie o Gyre , (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
t I saw broke my heart into a thousand shards. Winnie with her airms on page 21

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
ta happen. It says in my Iwo Thousand Dreams Decoded, mind dat book on page 51

1 matches

Ulster

Thompson, Mark The Lost Ness Monster, (clydesburn.blogspot.com 2009) Ulster - Ards Peninsula, poetry
Near a thousand an hour
1 matches

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