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tither Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words63.7 59.3 78.1 19.9 0 165.4 84.1
Number of occurrences206117 52 2 0 16 19
Number of authors56 36 9 1 3 7

Occurrences of tither in Corpus

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Central

Robertson, James Naebody'd Seen Him, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
the tither clear. He leant on it and lui on page 18

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Robertson, James Precious and the Puggies, (Itchy Coo 2011 ISBN: 978-1845023324) Central, weans
er een cannily, yin efter the tither, jist tae mak shair there wis on page 11
whaur aw the tither wee braes Papped y like islan on page 26
apiwa skelped awa aff tae the tither side o the playgrund whaur th on page 52

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Calder, Bob Lallans 82 - Ae Legend o Sanct Benedict, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, poetry
in the ae haund while wi the tither on page 52

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Donati, Colin The Student and the Pawnwife , (Itchy Coo 2003 ISBN: 978-1902927817) Central, prose
staundin ower the stank,' the tither frontin Sadovaya Street. It w on page 136

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Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
eed tae big them ane atop the tither, he said. on page 22
in ower tae keek again at the tither side o the planet. "There is on page 40
a volcanoes are leevin an the tither is deid. But ye niver ken.' on page 56
train rammelt by, towart the tither airth. on page 74

4 matches

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
oun the yae side, then up the tither, tryin ilka door, she trauchl on page 10
yae haun, an a big fan in the tither: he cam trottin alang at the on page 17
elbuck agin the door, an the tither airm curlt roun her heid. But on page 34
st takin yae side an then the tither, an bletherin awa tae hersel on page 35
ll mak ye grow langer, an the tither side will mak ye grow wee-er. on page 44

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Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
h kent that oor love fir tain-tither wir real! on page 23
Coverin tane-tither in kisses, on page 25

2 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
That keep us gan yin wey or tither, on page 61

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ingle, wi Isabel Weir by the tither, the wean wad rin back an for on page 42
an said nocht. Isabel sat on tither side, an did the same. Baith on page 44

2 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
'Weill, Skald, yin wey nor tither, yi hae gied a guid tiller ta on page 14

6 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 59 - Rants and Foys, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, newspaper
r fae the tae year-en tae the tither. These are maistly caaed Folk on page 56

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Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
hin aboot fae yin fit tae the tither wi excitement, poinun tae the on page 56
a poke fou o messages in the tither. on page 59
tassie fou o medicine in the tither. The eediotic-lookin tottie b on page 92

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Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
wis a rickle o sticks on the tither side o the widd,' said Wee Gr on page 7
'The tither side o the widd, where Heehaw on page 15
times, whummled doon tae the tither end o the room, and, efter an on page 21
, and he fidged roond tae the tither side o the table. 'I thocht T on page 23
and stoited aw roond him the tither wey. on page 24
Also on pages 41, 44, 58, 59, 69, 81, 87, 88, 91, 98, 106, 110, 133, 152
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Forde, Iain W D The Kirk, The Skuil, The Buik (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2007) Central, prose
ce ti deiffer ane menein frae tither. Samen-nems ar thusgates als on page 11

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Traisur Insch (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008) Central, prose
ilkane singin louder nir the tither, ti haud wyde o remarkin. Fur on page 5

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Forde, Iain W D Traivells wi a Cuddie i the Cevennes (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-5-1) Central, prose
ry doun an calumpniat ilk the tither. Abies fur purpossis o beisne on page 1

2 matches

Morning, Carey Neeps and Tatties, (self-published 2020) Central, weans
'til nane could see the tither side. on page 18

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Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
In fact, it wis blawin in the tither airt. There wis nae chance o on page 11
the brae and cams oot on the tither side. Ye didna think o that y on page 32
d fae the tap o the stair the tither voice cawed back, 'Bring up t on page 69
nk whit's waitin on us at the tither end! And jist think whit we'r on page 73

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Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 59 - A Day Weel Spent, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
ane, syne Nancy or me for the tither. An oo aye wanted the bairns on page 125

1 matches

Armstrong, Kate Lallans 58 - Herman Und Dorothea, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
s gifties, his skeels, an the tither has ithers on page 43

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Macafee, Caroline Lallans 61 - Glesca dialeck i the modren warld, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
whit is bein lost, an, on the tither, the discipline tae be scient on page 9

2 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Lallans 67 - Clash fae Cauld Hill, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
na dounricht the tane nor the tither, an that he mairched tae his on page 39

1 matches

Sneddon, Duncan Lallans 83 - Biggin Brigs – Nummer 3: Cornish, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
richts o hie birth, an on the tither the degenerate tung o backwar on page 108

1 matches

Holton, Brian Lallans 67 - The Nine Sangs: Brian Holton, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
the tane efter the tither, ay, ma menyie o fish on page 28

1 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
On the tither side the road nou he finnds h on page 72

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Cameron, Peter Lallans 73 - The Stranger, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
the tither hand, the gean; on page 60

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 73 - The Glesgy Screwdriver, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Midlothian, prose
n an a sklentit flange on the tither. It luikit lik a burglar's je on page 97

1 matches

Hodgson, Brent Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
htit picturs .... The samen i tither leid gaes: But it was a night on page 119

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Wilson, Rab Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
n i the pits. Sae, yae wey or tither, Ah think Ah'm gey weel place on page 132

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Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
ountain Bard; tane frae 1807, tither frae 1821 (an atweill, whan t on page 137

1 matches

Philip, George Lallans 56 - Scotsoun Thereanent, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
kers - yin frae Lothian, the tither frae Ayrshire. The wordies on on page 46

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Robertson, James The Deil, (Scottish Book Trust 2018) Central, prose
'm takkin a chance yin wey or tither.
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Gillon, Karen Report on Inquiry intil the role o, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central, government
t ainly Standart Italian, the tither wis learnit Standart
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Fleemin, Sandy Report on Inquiry intil the role Submission, (Education, Culture an Sport Comatee 2003) Central - East Lothian, government
r faur on onything, an on the tither it's no what it says that's w
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Fleemin, Sandy A Day Weel Spent, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
ane, syne Nancy or me for the tither. An oo aye wanted the bairns
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 108, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
the tane's originals and the tither proofs, - as lang's they off
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 111, (self-published 2003) Central, newspaper
k an no the Daily Record; the tither ane hauds the'r nae pynt in f
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Taid o that Ilk (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2009) Central, prose
ists stuid an vissied ilk the tither tentie-lik.
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
o beisines ilk wi the tither, gin the circumstances alloue
err, the twenes ilk wytin the tither fur no
r the border, than pittin the tither ben the guise fank. Eftir, wh
r at wes hiz ain horss an the tither a
t nicht ilk ower-whummilt the tither in its magneificence. The
7 matches

Falconer, Gavin Lallans 81 - Scots an Mid-Ulster Inglish, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
thrawn), wean, an wee. On the tither haund, A hear few or nae Iris
alternative tae Irish. On the tither, the Lawland contreebution ta
2 matches

Robertson, Colin Lallans 81 - Wildlaw, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
cultural mechanism’ at gaes tither wey. The Wildlaw vizzie is ma
1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 76 - The Man Wha Jeopardeized The Continued Existence O The Universe, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
s begoud ti kythe, tane efter tither, as Dauvit repeatit
1 matches

Marenich, Margaret Lallans 76 - The Factory, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
sicht better tae, an the tither siller gey an uissfu, for we
ellin wi the first twa on the tither.
2 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 71 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
n manipulate in ae wey or the tither. A muckle stour wis raised an
1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
se, cawed ‘Incantations’; tither wes a new anthologie o Scotti
1 matches

Holton, Brian Lallans 71 - O Niver ti Dree Corruption Mair, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
naither the tae thing nor the tither, but quiet wather for us ti g
1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
bouer again an tuik the tither raed, to the shops an the kir
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 117, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
copy o Planet Fankle tae the tither.
1 matches

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
o the tane is the sonse o the tither. It is aa lees. Man sers the
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ide tae the collarbane on the tither.
,” he conseedert. “On the tither, it micht be mair manly-like
cin the tae wey; he faced the tither. They advanced an retiret wi
3 matches

Puchowski, James Frae Norrowa ower the faem, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
tae us by Lunnon; but on the tither, even mair angry debates aboo
1 matches

Mackintosh, Henrietta A Tale o Twa Leids: Gaelic, Scots an smoorin wi luve, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
the tane aboot Gaelic an the tither aboot Scots, thir twa blog po
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando Tae see oorsels as we see ithers, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
n o the Human Richts Ack, the tither the adoption o a Draft Commun
1 matches

McClurg, Fernando The Great Divide, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
e mair or less unitit, an the tither divided thrie weys – an wha
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 100, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
wumman," said the ane tae the tither, "A hear tell the'r a man i t
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
he ae haun, and Celtic on the tither. These are sindry brainches o
1 matches

Begg, James A. Lallans 74 - The Killie Fleshers - 1786, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
laddie by yae lug, skelpt the tither, an sent him sprawlin ben the
1 matches

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
Ae fit by the tither John barely cwid lift on page 15

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McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
fleetin frae yin tae tither on page 3

1 matches

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
files tither's makkin fit's lang kent sple on page 34

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
keepin ae ee on Joyce an the tither on the Jeweller, fa wis on page 12
unk twa mair - een efter the tither. on page 59
e boob on Union Street an the tither in her hanbug wi her bus pass on page 61

3 matches

Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
naething for e teen an loo e tither, or he'll haud tae e teen an on page 14
ied e wird tae haud awa tae e tither side o e loch. A laayer cam u on page 16
An fan he cam ower tae e tither side, tae e cuntra o e Gadare on page 17
it till their pairtners i the tither boatie tae come an gie them a on page 87
wis dyow five hunner poun, e tither fifty. Neen o them hid ony si on page 92
Also on pages 93, 98, 106, 108, 109, 110, 115, 118, 119, 120
24 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Lallans 67 - The Road I didna Takk, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Doric, poetry
Syne tuik the tither, as jist as braa on page 62

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
ist ane wis mair crackit than tither. Meg sleepit up in the nerra
de the warld o the machine on tither, a serious, tall man, staunin
er takks tae een, bit nae the tither, an jist wauks aff an leaves
n embroidered sampler hung on tither. Their ainer, Miss McFadyn wi
erret. Syne he'd rin roon tae tither an catch the rubbits as they
7 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
e eyn an spewin it oot at the tither like steeny parritch. Here, t
hae kent ae eyn o a tap frae tither – bit neither wad the tosse
ye niver see ane wioot the tither. Twa pizz in a pod."
each wi the gowden sans,' the tither repons.
again wi the ae haun. Wi the tither, he tuik his mither's airm an
6 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Loch Skeen, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
feelin oor wey yin fit efter tither. Awbodie crossed ower sauflie
1 matches

Johnson, Mary Lallans 59 - Kieran an Aidan, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Aberdeenshire, prose
cryin oot ti me. Come an see tither side. Tither side. Och, it wi
side. Tither side. Och, it wis a seely, se
2 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
appit! Ane hid a chippit neb, tither wis crackit roon the
tither...
the peintin easle. Tither side o the easle, a wee quine
An ane efter tither, wi a plap an a plish, the it
4 matches

@AMaxwell54 tweeted
Oan tither haun, yon orraloon is a richt (2020) twitter link

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
slippan fae ae draem tae the tither, fae crisis tae revolution. I on page 142

1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Slipan, Sweechan, (harryjosephine.com 2017) Orkney, prose
vir fillee adoptid wan or the tither, pikan up vools an konsonants
1 matches

Southern

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
The tither yammers on even on.
frae ae end the kinrik til tither.
2 matches

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
hin frae the tae tung til the tither, is circumstances demandit, c
the tae waitter baunk an the tither.
sumtymes wi the tither on’t thum. On Philhope, i s
he Hoscote Estate ligs on the tither side o the
e side an Girnwud Ferm on the tither. Whan A think on whae wis the
12 matches

Stevenson, Gerda Kilmeny, (Scottish Language Center 2021) Southern - Scottish Borders, prose
m wis hingin at her side, the tither wis stuck oot, her mobile pho
s I, “mibbe wi yer parents, tither side o the warld – but ye c
2 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
"Gie tither bit tae the wean," said he, a on page 12
alpaper coastin this, that or tither. Hou much change wud ye hae f on page 20
ur juist a minit afore leukin tither away. They wud leuk away, aff on page 21
ed Dr. Andrews an flitted tae tither side o the waal. As far as Ma on page 24
indae o Sally's imaigination, tither starin at the reflection thro on page 29
Also on pages 30, 43, 47, 56
10 matches

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
Fair faa ye the tither: on page 35

1 matches

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
Lukkin sooth tha tither - Boney' Neb on page 33
Tha tither'll gie ye flays. on page 49

2 matches

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
gie wus aye makkin yin or tha tither. on page 16
ha yin ee lukkin at ye an tha tither lukkin fur ye. Wus she no in on page 24

2 matches

Ni Chuilin, Caral Roadin furtae Bring Forrits an Graith tha ULSTER-SCOTCH Leid, Heirskip an Cultur, (Mannystrie o Fowkgates, Airts an Aisedom 2015) Ulster, government
h heirskip an cultùr oan tha tither. Traffeck wi tha lear shaidin on page 26

1 matches

Ulster Scots Agency Ulster Scots Census, (census.gov.uk 2021) Ulster, government
Straucht or airtit owerby tha tither sex
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Bennett, Hazel Tha Near Cut, (Ullans Magazine 2001) Ulster, prose
mak shure the wurnae fae tha tither side. Val haed tae mind scho
it agin a bodie at dug wi tha tither fit. Mair at the haed tae kep
2 matches

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