A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'ithir'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
ithirOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus10.6348
ORK - Orkney 19.9 2 1
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 35.4 8 1
NEC - North East Central 46.4 1 1
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 100.4 16 1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.7 5 2
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of ithir in Corpus

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Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Slipan, Sweechan, (harryjosephine.com 2017) Orkney, prose
esel fraesan, unaebl tae utir ithir “old” or “ald” or “
Thir problee ithir weis. An thir sheurlee a saks
2 matches

Mid Northern A

@DoricPhrases tweeted
spik at Braemar Gathering an ithir Hielan Games for 40 years.It'(2016)

General Northern

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
She's efter ithir men on page 65
I love ye mair than ony ithir loon on page 89
be seein Dunfermline or some ithir side on page 93
Nae ithir billy's in ma tree on page 125
Ye've tae be wi' ithir men on page 164
Also on pages 195
8 matches

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Lat the auld witch burn, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
herd in the Gaelic — an the ithir side staunds tuim tae this da
1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Appin Murderer, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, prose
bravado. Masel’ an’ three ithir “Gentlemen”, nae need tae
came face tae face wi’ nane ithir than Alan Breac Stewart! He q
the “fishin’ boat”. The ithir twa, were, at first, fu’ o
3 matches

McKillop, Roger Uprisin' an' Doonfa', (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
e mony times afore. Aw’ the ithir times, the enemy had run when
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Challengin' Times, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
up tae join us, “Cause the ithir boys didni’ want tae dae it
tae the hale group!” The ithir students were startin’ tae
hoodir an’ her boots in the ithir han’. A skied level wi’ h
It’s events like this when ithir lecturin’ staff remark, how
4 matches

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
ng the spare keys doon in the ithir minibus. Callum tae this day
s competition tae beat each ithir tae the tap o’ the hill. Ma
t. Beth or A wid descend, the ithir wid wait an’ descend ain't
en came back up tae brief the ithir. Noo there’s a teachin’ m
Barolo, Bardolino or ony ithir vino,
5 matches

McKillop, Roger The Builders, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
telt her, “Welcome tae the ithir side o’ the counter!”
n off. Direct current oan the ithir han’ is like a river, it's
ots wurd fir it wid hae fower ithir letters!
3 matches

General Central

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
contract aff ma publisher the ithir day); needs for 'needs to be' on page 36

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
ford Odets’ Awake and Sing. Ithir productions includit Soviet a
is nae smell o the inkhorn or ithir indication o dictionar-traali
e puir gaed on the Parish: in ithir words, they were in receipt o
t, deid. Scots grammar on the ithir haun haes nivvir been taucht
4 matches

South West (Galloway)

Adamson, Donald Bield, (Tapsalteerie 2021) Central - Dumfries, poetry
A dinnae ken whit the ithir wuid say, willnae imaigine it on page 18

1 matches

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