A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

thrown Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words13.4 10.3 24.1 29.8 0 20.7 8.9
Number of occurrences4320 16 3 0 2 2
Number of authors35 17 12 3 2 2

Occurrences of thrown in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
s tae the dance. So they goat thrown oot tae on page 100

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
tag its mane for fear o bein thrown, an cuidnae swing his sabre. on page 38

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Montador, Eileen Shriek of the Maws, (Goblinshead 2003 ISBN: 978-1899874439) Central - Fife, prose
o" hers as faur as Ah cud hae thrown him. Some say tho whan ye thi on page 26

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
n affy lot o tther activities thrown in, includin drinkin an hough on page 30
he OIM, wi a few choice wards thrown in aboot. on page 51
ere yung, for fate had kind o thrown them thegither. Ye see Tam ha on page 62
un on the follaein Sunday, an thrown in the toun jail fer some odd on page 123

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Wi mibbes ice cream thrown in fir a treat. on page 12

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Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Thrown Oot
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Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
camp wi the odd bitty paintin thrown in on the side.
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Forrest, Liam Hittin the Toon, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
boys got in the club but wurr thrown oot faster than the speed eh
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Heather, Alistair Rin throu the jungle, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
us merchin, or else I wad hae thrown in the touel. Whit happened n
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Grae, Emma Jimmy and his wee darlin Alexa, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
h’d huv loved it if she’d thrown hur sherry ower me, stood and
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McKillop, Roger The Builders, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
someone has a shock an’ is thrown back, treat them fir burns an
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Facebook link ( 2016) Central
said, a challengin few words thrown at us by the meenister and th

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
self doot that the cunts huv thrown me oot the boat withoot a lif
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@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
e. I don't think he should be thrown to the wolfs but ye I think t(2020) search twitter

@DavidJWood2 tweeted
ell2505 @cfdtizzi Boiled then thrown in the chipper. Wee bullets i(2020) search twitter

@g_hibby tweeted
up tae dry oot, ma jeans got thrown in the wash, but I'm dry noo. (2022) twitter link

@Chazzbat tweeted
Ah've thrown in the towel. Ah cudnae tak o(2020) search twitter

Doric

Shearer, Gillian Tales Fae The Doric Side - Guernica, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, prose
horse, the wifie wi her heid thrown back, the mannie, his hauns g on page 45

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Manson, John Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Doric - Dumfries, poetry
He'd been thrown on page 121

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Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
l be hauled afore e Temple an thrown i the jile; ye ll be hauled a on page 115

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Uri, Antonia Bidin awa: City Breaks, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
sh o sweet an spicy wi creamy thrown in for guid measure. In the a on page 4

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Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
't come back, then ye've jist thrown awa a stick on page 175

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Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
ers till e dance. So they got thrown oot till sea. So they hed til on page 98

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - The Bigger Hoose, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
s bi richts, for aa that Ah'd thrown the bawbee on the fleer, an h on page 109

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Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
s were nivver washed. Ey were thrown intae a
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Strachan, Shane Standing Stone, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2016) Doric, prose
t has yet and the Officer’s thrown up into the air, his airms an
™m lifted up into the air and thrown across ma lobby. I land hard
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Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
quiet drink fin somebody hid thrown a napalm type grenade in amon
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The Mannie Fae Unco The Diary o a Feel at the Skweel, (unco.scot 2021) Doric, prose
e lug or fyles baith wi lines thrown in for a special treat. Nae b
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Hutchison, Pat Angels Ten, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
is time I thocht somebody hid thrown a haanfae o chuckies at my mo
I thocht the steens hid been thrown fae but nae a sign o onybody
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Hutchison, Pat If I Catch Ye I'll Eat Ye, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Doric - Banffshire, prose
on, the creels for their bait thrown tae the wins. In an affa sott
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@Manuforti1968 tweeted
e' pie then he should' nae o thrown it awa.(2019) search twitter

Orkney

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Soon got thrown in Marwicks hole on page 74

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Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
a tasty morsel tae be thrown his wey on page 149

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Hall, Simon W. Haggis tasting notes, and whisky pairings, (Brisk Northerly 2019) Orkney, blog
positive northern chauvinism thrown in for good measure. This mon
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Southern

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
Wi mibbes ice-cream thrown in fir a treat. on page 219

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@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
Royal stuff are needed tae be thrown oot of windae fur guid?! ?? h(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Logan, Liam Thon Ulster Scots Book, (Galdanagh 2014 ISBN: 978-0992881405) Ulster - Dunloy, prose
ethro Bodine was Jed's nephew thrown on tae the the hospitality o on page 46

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Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
ained aa the debris, rubbish, thrown awa. on page 11

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