A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

theyd Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.1 3.1 0 0 5.8 0 13.3
Number of occurrences106 0 0 1 0 3
Number of authors5 2 1 2

Occurrences of theyd in Corpus

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Central

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
read an article online sayin theyd found mice in the same chain on page 1

5 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
telt tae get oot the park or theyd get the polis - dont (2020) twitter link

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
trouts, and the huge mushroom theyd found. I couldn't believe it on page 9

1 matches

Ulster

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
Theyd flee alang, nae thocht o lukk on page 26

2 matches

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
wi tha Airds lasses, oniehoo. Theyd no be lukkin ye tae tak thaim on page 24

1 matches

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