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thim Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words55.9 24.5 1.6 149 0 0 490.8
Number of occurrences17346 1 15 0 0 111
Number of authors12 4 1 4 3

Occurrences of thim in Corpus

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Central

Docherty, John F. Lallans 81 - Lang Summer Days, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
Germans cuidnae keep coont o thim. They sat doon in the forest on page 76

11 matches

Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
e it wis aw boatled up inside thim. on page 43
times ma daddy wid get mad at thim, say if they'd taen a drink u on page 44
ors had broon eyes, they took thim aff ma grannie. on page 45
g folk, ye'd niver unnerstaun thim. Thir wis me an ma grannie si on page 46
s that shocked ye if ye heard thim: 'The SS is comin, we've been on page 47

27 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth In defence o SNHS, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
riday. He’s richtly gi’en thim fu’some praise oan facebuik
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth For the fat romantics, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
wer o their ootlets – ane o thim in Glesga.
, daein up 132 stores tae mak thim intae ‘baikery-on-the-go’
2 matches

Geraghty, Martin A Bad Sport, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
op shoes aff afore stuffin’ thim intae an Aldi polly bag.
1 matches

Geraghty, Martin 378, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
snooze button. Can a interest thim in a wee saucer of Vortex? Na
1 matches

McKenzie, Roddy Cataracts, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2018) Central - Dundee, prose
e bioteckae works. Dinnae see thim much- ther eh bizzy. But wi T
,” yi shout, an gang ti gie thim a wee hug. But yir feet catch
ee ther een; oot like prawns, thim drawin` back slowly, like yi
3 matches

Doric

@glenlivetloon tweeted
Gie thim a follow.. ye ken ye wint tae(2020) search twitter

Orkney

Butler, Vera Gallows Ha - Bessie, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
glaid that its me and no thim. on page 18

3 matches

Butler, Vera Gallows Ha - Maggie o Quoys and Bessie o Gyre , (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
er wis called and I could see thim whispering and looking at me. on page 21

1 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gallows Ha - Dance tae the End, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
I sidle among thim - thi'll mind me hereefter. on page 27

1 matches

Norquoy, Greer Gallows Ha - The Weather Dance, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
I haad thim aal within me power. on page 29

1 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
a sturdy boot tae tramp thim doon on page 57
Under the hedge, I caaled thim ower. on page 72
i turn an gae thim me whiskery smile on page 145
I sidle among thim - they'll mind me hereefter. on page 152

5 matches

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
nobbery. I question if some o thim really enjoy the classical st on page 48

1 matches

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
touch thim. on page 26
Years melt awey for thim both. on page 141

2 matches

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
, sunshine and shower, I haad thim aal within me power. on page 155

1 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
furst version o the story tae thim. Monie half-hidden refrences on page v
rd ava) "-but A'll hae tae ax thim what they caal this country, on page 9
oniewye it wudnae open onie o thim. Hooiniver, the secont time r on page 11
rules their freens had larnt thim: the lik o, that a red-het po on page 13
e can-but A maun bae kine tae thim," thocht Alice, "or aptly the on page 16
Also on pages 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 33, 34, 38, 39, 40, 45, 51, 52, 53, 54, 56, 59, 62, 67, 76, 77, 78, 79, 81, 84, 85, 88, 91, 92, 93, 94, 99, 101, 102, 103, 105, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 116, 117, 119, 120, 121, 123, 124
106 matches

Logan, Liam Thon Ulster Scots Book, (Galdanagh 2014 ISBN: 978-0992881405) Ulster - Dunloy, prose
leeved at hame wae the rest o thim, naethin odd or funny there, on page 46

1 matches

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
Quaitly axed thim tae, "C'mon noo", on page 11
Sae fecht agaen thim wi' vigour, on page 17
Al'wiys cal'd thim fish; on page 23

4 matches

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