A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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thinkan Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words16.8 3.2 24 308 0 0 0
Number of occurrences526 15 31 0 0 0
Number of authors12 2 1 9

Occurrences of thinkan in Corpus

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Central

Hershaw, William Lallans 67 - In Search o Robert Henrysoun, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
And I was thinkan tae masel, on page 123

1 matches

Hardie, George Lallans 67 - Ane Amang Monie, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central - Hamilton, poetry
Whit were ye thinkan, Geordie on page 143

3 matches

Hardie, George Lallans 81 - Annie and the New Chairs, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
lie, makan suggestions athoot thinkan thaim thru.’
1 matches

Hershaw, William The Retour O The Grey Airmy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Fife, blog
Cleirly, tae aa straucht thinkan fowk like oorsels there’s s
1 matches

Doric

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
So she wis thinkan aboot in her oun mind (as wee on page 7
t Alice efter id, never wance thinkan aboot how in e world she wis on page 8
e great puzzle!" An she began thinkan oer all e bairns she knew at on page 18
lice severely. ; "What are ee thinkan o?" on page 28
l get howld o id: then Alice, thinkan id wis awful lek hevan a game on page 39
Also on pages 50, 60, 68, 70, 71, 85, 88, 92, 119, 120
15 matches

Orkney

Orkney Voices Group Gallows Ha, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
o a lass thinkan long on page 17

1 matches

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
I replied chucklan inwardly, thinkan that I hidno pitten in many w on page 18

1 matches

Miller, Alison Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Orkney, poetry
I'm thinkan that thu'll both be ferly bli on page 42

1 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
Sheu kept thinkan I wis me Mam. on page 2
bai deus wrong, the more ah'm thinkan back on page 15
et wan single number and ah'm thinkan tae mesel on page 39
Thinkan back tae that bonny summer - on page 63
gut - Hid wis fairly started thinkan that me poor owid throat wis on page 64

5 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
Inga is thinkan, whit wey tae explaen on page 6
machines, missan the clashan, thinkan on page 16
a haad o the wheel. "Thoo're thinkan Am wirkan the bott an the cre on page 68
kennan hid isno fer her, but thinkan some wey yet hid shuirly is. on page 130
seean hoo hid's deun. Sheu's thinkan on tellan Astrid aboot the yo on page 154
Also on pages 163
6 matches

Miller, Alison Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, prose
Yir thinkan o a piece o bruised fruit, a on page 108

1 matches

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
right awae an let him ken wur thinkan o him an that he's in wur pra on page 38

1 matches

Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Whit wir ye thinkan? on page 62
Thinkan they mite hide in the makshif on page 95

8 matches

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
n sight. Whit could he o been thinkan o? It must hiv been a trick o
on and stroked his moustache, thinkan … na, he wis bein daft. Pot
2 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine WHIT TAE WRITE NOU?, (https://harryjosephine.com/ 2015) Orkney, blog
lator device steid o actually thinkan throu hou languages an langua
in me language ithoot e’en thinkan aboot writan in me language â
– the saem thing as ayewis thinkan aboot hid. The goal o me lang
3 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine The future of Scots, (https://www.opendemocracy.net/ 2015) Orkney, prose
thay spaek, an at mor weys o thinkan an scrievan'll mebbe flourish
1 matches

Facebook link (Orkney Reevlers 2021) Orkney
ul day! Funnily enough I wish thinkan aboot a Orkney hairst the ith

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