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The word 'thenks'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
thenksOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus13.24315
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
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.6 3 2
WCE - West Central 18.4 4 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire 183.5 14 2
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 1
SEA - South East (Borders) 25 2 2
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) 51.2 1 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster 56.2 4 3
SYN - Synthetic (no region) 181.7 10 2

Occurrences of thenks in Corpus

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(South) East Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
, Guid Sir, gin ye wad win ma thenks, ir ye gaun back til Heiven a on page 46

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 82 - The Cream Cookie, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Midlothian, prose
e Joe Swankie forbye. It's aa thenks til yersel. Weel duin!' Wi th on page 61

2 matches

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 76 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
s nou haes its awn catalogue, thenks ti John. George an Allan peys on page 3

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
can nou shoap free frae harm Thenks tae Cathy! on page 34

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
(monie thenks til hir for thon, kis it haes on page 7

1 matches

Wilson, Rab A Newsin Wi Jack Aitken, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Central, poetry
Hae a bit newsin, tae gie oor thenks,
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
le an grimly cried, "But nou, thenks be tae God - frae aa the air on page 26
oot tae the preacher, an gied thenks tae God for answerin his pray on page 29
no the great Peden. It's only thenks tae the Grace o God an His Di on page 30
'Then thenks be tae God for thy deliveranc on page 31
gethert forenent him, tho - thenks be tae God - maist were nou on page 35
Also on pages 41, 43, 52, 54, 63, 73
12 matches

Neill, Willie Lallans 61 - Three Tales frae the Brithers Grimm, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Ayrshire, prose
til yir Maister an gie him ma thenks for his gift." on page 42

2 matches

General Central

@billykayscot tweeted
Monie thenks @Lenniesaurus. Here’s the se(2020)
asscot @ClashCityClarky Monie thenks - appreciate ye scrievin tha(2020)
@StuartPoet Monie thenks, Stuart. The rhymin o Exhaust(2020)
@22carrots @joao_kay Monie thenks, Alice. Gey appreciatit.(2020)

South East (Borders)

@cammyrudkin tweeted
@BobbyRobson46 thenks pal!!!!!(2012)

@officialAliRed tweeted
Ower mony o is noo ??, muckle thenks pal(2020)

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Spence, Laura Tha Thoarn Tree, (Ullans Magazine 2013) Ulster, prose
“A gie ye mae thenks fur tha bed an mate,” she t
1 matches

General Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
tae hae me ain the air. Monie thenks fur ivriethin. on page 1
Thenks fur buyin an readin ma buik. on page 2

2 matches

@Rosehill_girl tweeted
e tae follae me an’ ma airt! Thenks ?? (2021) twitter link

@TheFarrierPhil tweeted
ta houl tha coul away! Monie thenks ta @Zippo an @SgothanGeal fur (2021) twitter link

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
ish, an whaniver he haed gien thenks, he brauk thaim intae bits an on page 9
Anna gies thenks tae God on page 73
get ït bak frae, thair's nae thenks ïn that, for even sïnners l on page 79
ftèr. A doot ye wudnae say, 'Thenks', tae yer ain man on page 98
d doon at Jesus' feet an gien thenks. An tha man wus a Samaritan, on page 99
Also on pages 106, 107
8 matches

Ulster Scots Agency Ulster Scots Census, (census.gov.uk 2021) Ulster, government
Thenks fur takkin pairt in tha Heid-
Thenks fur takkin pairt.
2 matches

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