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thoosan Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words38.1 29.2 46.4 19.9 23.2 21.9 115
Number of occurrences11855 29 2 4 2 26
Number of authors48 27 10 2 3 2 4

Occurrences of thoosan in Corpus

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Central

Niven, Liz Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central, poetry
twa thoosan weans, an this rule fir the m on page 3
We'd been telt twa thoosan lanmines on page 5

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Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
lly forgettin she wis aboot a thoosan times bigger than the Rabbit on page 36

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Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
misobey. Daft as it seemed, a thoosan mile frae hoose or hame, an i on page 12

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Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
Ten thoosan fuitsteps, on page 8

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Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
a thoosan times an then again, again, a on page 77

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Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
At least ten thoosan quines replied, on page 21

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McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
traced back mair nor fifteen thoosan years in Europe an stories an on page 81

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Twa thoosan pair o cannie, eident hauns on page 27
'Ten thoosan joabs wull hae tae gol', Play on page 45
An SG Twa-Thoosan'd whicrlin dervish, on page 61
yer mill hus thresht a hunner-thoosan bushels o corn, on page 105
aitter gif ye hae hunner or a thoosan acres unner the pleuch? on page 106

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Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
giant grumphie will gie ye a thoosan pork chops! It's a beezer, ma on page 74

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Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
thirty thoosan feet on page 10
an Wenceslas' thoosan-year-aald chaipel on page 40
wi a thoosan gallons o cundie watter on page 49

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Purdie, David C. Lallans 58 - The Dumb Jyner, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
an offer in the region o twa thoosan for ye, but the Rovers is hau on page 65

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Kay, Billy Lallans 78 - Thochts on the bonnie broukit bairn at hame an abroad, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, prose
urgh Missionary Society a few thoosan acres o grund in Circassia ta on page 11

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Neill, Willie Lallans 61 - Three Tales frae the Brithers Grimm, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central - Ayrshire, prose
rontit at she wisst she wes a thoosan faddoms ablo the yird. on page 42

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Douglas, Ashley Eemis Stane 1 - Editorial: Scots Belangs Tae Awbodie And Naebodie, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
appho hersel wis scrievin twa thoosan year syne. on page 4

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Niven, Liz Stravaigin, (Luath 2001 ISBN: 978-1905222704) Central, poetry
mindit on oor ain martyrs, a thoosan mile awa. Twa wummin, young a on page 10

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Sneddon, Duncan Lallans 83 - Biggin Brigs – Nummer 3: Cornish, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
, as monie as thrie an a hauf thoosan fowk (oot o a Cornish populat on page 107

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Fitt, Matthew Hercules: Bampots and Heroes, (Itchy Coo 2005) Central - Dundee, weans
ave wis bowfin, It reeked o a thoosan middens and a million cludgie on page 7

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Douglas, Ashley The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Sweet Sang o the Widd, (Itchy Coo 2020) Central, weans
ae sing! I'll brek it intae a thoosan wee bits!" on page 110

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McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
a thoosan yeers on page 20
a thoosan strang wha avaunt upon on page 51
an a thoosan ither ootposts ower on page 56

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McCabe, Mary Lallans 73 - Soond shift, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
naebody has reivit me o five thoosan pun. on page 49

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Calder, Bob Lallans 56 - Greenfield the Name O The Pit, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, poetry
o history's mony thoosan darg-year. on page 107

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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 103, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
sma leid spiken bi aboot twal thoosan fowk in nor-aist Portugal, in
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Somerville, Shirley-Anne Scots Government Commitments tae Gaelic an Scots an Scots Langages Bill: consultation, (gov.scot 2022 ISBN: 978-1804358313) Central - Holyrood, government
on. Hit wis doonloadit ower a thoosan times in hits first week an s
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Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Then doon they fa, a thoosan feet,
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Thoumire, Elizabeth In defence o SNHS, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
at ‘last week owre a hunner thoosan patients waitit mair than fow
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Lawrenson, Dorothy Ranch Road 12, San Marcos, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central - Fife, poetry
glisks o starns: ae, twa, a thoosan
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 114, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
elebrated bi giein awa thirty thoosan copies o a Catalan vairsion o
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Dempster, Michael DIGNITY, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, poetry
a thoosan,
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
they were noo, there cud be a thoosan mile o stoory desert till ye
brutalised be Genghis Khan a thoosan year afore, whaur a wumman he
o, bit this wis a wumman in a thoosan ...
in Chinese, “whit is fower thoosan?” Iqbal cried oot the trans
ati sunk unner the grun fower thoosan year syne. Ah will tell you t
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 106, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
An the thoosan naitural dunts
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 75, (self-published 2000) Central, newspaper
aicial wabsteid. A leet o twa thoosan Scots words haes been owerset
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 86, (self-published 2001) Central, newspaper
he government coffs the first thoosan buiks tae gie thaim a heize i
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Steele, Gregor When Scotty said “Scunner”, (Dictionaries of the Scots Language 2021) Central, poetry
Ah said, ‘It’s aboot twa thoosan three hunner’.
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Douglas, Ashley Fur maist o history, anonymous wis a wumman, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, prose
el wis scrievin mair than twa thoosan year syne. Its significance c
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MacMinto, Gregor The Magic Brainch, (wordpress 2021) Central, blog
llocks. Frae this he gat five thoosan secks o rice. He made gey ric
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Kay, Billy Time for Reflection, (archive2021.parliament.scot 2022) Central, government
kars in Scots leeterature’s thoosan year history:
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@Cobradile94 tweeted
yersel! Nou tae git hit tae a thoosan. =P(2018) search twitter

@LairnScots tweeted
d, has been viewed ower three thoosan times. Guid days fir #Scots a (2021) twitter link

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 84 - Jamie’s Day Oot, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
in o stars dotted the lift, a thoosan preen pricks in a velvous cur on page 40

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Cameron, Alan Lallans 90 - Drumtulloch, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Doric, prose
like she hid been gien a few thoosan volts, an besides a that, wis on page 84

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Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
: she'd heard the same joke a thoosan times an she wisna aboot te l on page 17
Kathleen," gulpit Isobel, "a thoosan 'Ah luv yis' cudna mak up fir on page 31
lly's thinkin o pittin twinty thoosan inte Premium Bonds." on page 37

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 81 - Pyntin the Been, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
owin aff his hunner and fifty thoosan poun moter. They took the new on page 8

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Hay, Gordon M. The Doric New Testament, (Gordon M Hay 2012 ISBN: 978-0957351516) Doric - Banff, prose
for aa." There wis aboot five thoosan chiels, an he says till his d on page 95
doon tae wirk oot gin wi ten thoosan men he can meet an airmy wi t on page 106

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 79 - The Tattiebogle, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
h tae swally ten men, an five thoosan guns, nicht efter nicht daein on page 15
hat tae the deevin din o five thoosan guns nicht efter nicht ... My on page 16

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Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 73 - The Bigger Hoose, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Aberdeen, prose
tae say yer penny wis worth a thoosan poun, Dod?" on page 109

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Goodall, Phyllis J. Berryhill, (timberford.demon 2000) Doric, poetry
Five thoosan year wis glimmerin there
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Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
view wis breath takin. Three thoosan,
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Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
thoosan bits. As he struggled tae his
It wis noo Twa Thoosan An Three an Jonsar Eck wis wa
ike there wis in the year Twa Thoosan."
The year wis Twa Thoosan And Fower an, it wis the firs
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Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
he siller an tcyauve awa at a thoosan ither jobs that needin daein.
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Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
, did Adam's Peak. Fur ower a thoosan years, pilgrims hid trauchled
hegither in a crew, stappin a thoosan herrin inno ilkie barrel. Twa
An ye wish ye war a thoosan mile awa frae Yarmouth quay.
d, Auld Jude wad get sae mony thoosan as lang as she lived – an g
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Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
ouple o year ago, she won twa thoosan pound at the bingo. The next
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Vettese, Raymond Lallans 59 - Raymond Vettese : nineteen poems, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Montrose, poetry
the thoosan-telt tales
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Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
tirivee that soundit as tho a thoosan kettles war faain doon tae th
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TheChielMeister Ah'm e chiel (sae dinna fash), (youtube.com 2011) Doric, poetry
wi ma tombola nummer, seiven thoosan twa hunner eichty wan
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Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
wird. I'the rouk thir twatree thoosan poynts o Light biggan a face on page 120

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Cormack, Kevin Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
e moon's glacial dwam intae a thoosan-star skaeliment on page 6

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Shetland

Johnson, Laureen Alice's Adventirs in Wonderlaand, (Evertype 2012 ISBN: 978-1782010081) Shetland - Voe, prose
see: I tink dat wid be fower thoosan mile doon" - for you see, Al on page 9
forgettin at shö wis aboot a thoosan times bigger as da Rabbit noo on page 36

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I Hear Dee Shaetlan A primer - v. 1.1, (I Hear Dee 2022) Shetland, prose
1000 a thoosan on page 66

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Mainland, Jim Love (After Miroslav Holub), (Shetland For Wirds 2001) Shetland, poetry
Twa thoosan fags.
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Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
this Yird, is ee did twae thoosan yeir sin, an restore sum orde
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@StuartPoet tweeted
'll hae had the island joke a thoosan times Ah jaloose!(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
A thoosan blue-stane, slatey bans That on page 26
Abane twa thoosan deid, an mair, on page 55

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Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
Tha five thoosan weel fed on page 9
Tha five thoosan weel fed on page 85
se ïf he wud be able, wi ten thoosan sodgers, tae bate hïm that's on page 96

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Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
fower tae gie a nummer o' yin thoosan an' twa curns at ir daein ir on page 36
thoosan ir sae curns ir compeered wi' on page 38
hale sector acroass aboot yin thoosan curns. Thon maks on page 39
ner bans an twenny tae thirty thoosan on page 42
e pandemic hit wus gettin sax thoosan visitors ivry yeir (75% o' th on page 46
Also on pages 63, 65
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Spence, Laura Tha Thoarn Tree, (Ullans Magazine 2013) Ulster, prose
A jalouse this tree cud be a thoosan!” sayed Dan, aa bizz.
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