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Use in varieties of Scots

thu Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words11.5 13.4 0 59.6 23.2 0 4.4
Number of occurrences3726 0 6 4 0 1
Number of authors11 6 3 1 1

Occurrences of thu in Corpus

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Central

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
a ghaist o a chi mi thu fae the Minch, on page 77

1 matches

Calderwood, Lynsey Lallans 68 - Barlinnie Gradyooits, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, prose
t is, ah said. An ma point is thu hoal famly ur aw nutjobs an a on page 41

1 matches

Foyle, Ghillie Lallans 58 - The Hildebrand Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
It maitters-na ti me whas kin thu is, on page 87

10 matches

Douglas, Ashley Scotland’s Linguistic Landscape - Scots and Gaelic, (Translation Services 24 2022) Central, prose
no haein yin. Compare Gaelic thu (singular) and sibh (plural)
1 matches

@Chazzbat tweeted
wey tae become citizens when thu've bin brocht intae the kintr(2020) search twitter
North? A'body else luiks like thu've bin dragged thru a hedge b(2020) search twitter
atment, wi nae thocht fer hou thu'll support thumsels in the fu(2020) search twitter
EatUK password last nicht, an thu've emailed me the day sayin A(2020) search twitter
ken exactly whit he means (or thu'll think they dae).(2020) search twitter
and 2 other occurrences.

@annieones tweeted
d is steel hingin aff whiskin thu cream. She telt mae naw eh po (2021) twitter link
aun fur it wae wit a think is thu spellin, an as a learn richt (2021) twitter link
cawin tha shoots.... its us, thu michty people ??.... so dae s (2021) twitter link
attention? Huv ye checked oot thu tories back cataloag? Funny h (2021) twitter link
ate or apple pie, av jist hud thu latter, slurp?? (2021) twitter link

Orkney

Orkney Voices Group Gallows Ha, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
and thu'll aal partake on page 5

1 matches

Miller, Alison Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Orkney, poetry
Tak peace on thee, thu're no a tailor yet.' on page 39
I'm thinkan that thu'll both be ferly blide on page 42

2 matches

Hall, Simon W. Tae thee, or no tae thee?, (Brisk Northerly 2020) Orkney, blog
sayan tae an owld wife, ‘On thu comes’ – never was there
1 matches

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
‘A Soor Ploom. Thu’r a kind o Muggle sweet. Th
’r a kind o Muggle sweet. Thu’r affil good.’
2 matches

Shetland

MacInnes, Morag Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Shetland, poetry
'Thu'll shurley no sherrick a lass on page 18
to the left side o the bank. Thu'll find on page 23
thu'll be sorry! This is greeting on page 24

4 matches

Ulster

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
ike shed ate a fairmer' airse thu a slap in tha hedge!" on page 24

1 matches

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