A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'thats'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
thatsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus62.420023
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 62 14 5
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 368.3 144 1
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 32.1 24 7
SEA - South East (Borders) 99.8 8 2
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) 163.5 1 1
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 62.8 2 1
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards) 102.5 2 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of thats in Corpus

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Orkney

Towrie, David Wirkin' the Tang - a dialect tale, (Orkneyjar 2010) Orkney, prose
aye tang at the Cockle Banks thats far easier tae gather an put
1 matches

Shetland

@RedValkyrie84 tweeted
@itsJuliaHardy WOW. Thats horrible. Whit a vile peerie (2018) twitter link

Mid Northern A

Gauld, Ilene Ilene Gauld - Piper and Poet, (Doric Future 2020) Doric - Keith, weans
we A’ saw Tinkerbell, well, thats fit we said!
1 matches

@FaeFoggie tweeted
tly. It's nae @NicolaSturgeon thats deciding aff her ain back. Sh(2020)

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
thats fine I'll hae a look doon tae
1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
Canna say thats a affa surprise,
Turns oot a day thats bonny an fine.
Canna say thats a bit o a surprise,
At lang last a day thats fine an dry,
it?" Mr Technicolor snarled, "Thats the bonniest flooers roon
7 matches

Devlin, Edwin The School Dentist 1969, (Facebook 2020) Doric, prose
ld see any writing ,but na na thats probably why it was broon so
wrang wi ye is it the dentist thats pittin ye aff yer mate? ,Aye
2 matches

@daleser23 tweeted
@MikeyForbes1 dina worry dude thats ma plan. The driller here wiz(2013)

@fittiecrooners tweeted
letterbox to fill wee clyes! Thats 3rd een this wik. Wid need ma(2016)
@FinHall Thats the best plan I've heard a'da(2018)

@Manuforti1968 tweeted
@BrewToon Och thats a pity.I've voted for Red Rio(2020)

(South) East Central

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
@AfcMiners @bluenosetaylor1 thats ma man - nae shit sherlock l (2020) twitter link
would go eos n didnae - but thats another story (2021) twitter link
@ashwilsonauthor thats whit its awe about - b oan m (2021) twitter link
or wait tae ee get tae ma age thats awe am sayin lol (2021) twitter link
e sfa follow them - its both thats ruining football - it wis do (2021) twitter link
and 137 other occurrences.

General Central

Thoumire, Elizabeth In defence o SNHS, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
ower ‘oors tae be seen.”! Thats the nummer fir a year! Sic a
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Deid huddies an the Moray Eel, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
ls accoont for 62% o landins, thats mair than double that o the E
1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth For the fat romantics, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
eap an satisfyin. An nooadays thats an awfy lot o folk.
1 matches

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
L Dinnae nomintes me im a fan thats gid enough fer me ??(2020)
nnaee even use a vpn tae hide thats no fair ??(2020)

@FaetheRye tweeted
@campervanwoman thats ok as long as yer heid’s in (2022) twitter link

@jax6754 tweeted
curls bac! But if you like it thats awe that matters! Huggggss fa(2014)
@Schofe mmmmm! Thats ma dinner sorted once I'm bac(2014)
n!!! Just noticed just now as thats me just hame fae aqua aerobic(2015)
r putting monies across! Hope thats alricht? xxx(2015)
unless its Celeb BB. An even thats testin fir me now!!!! X(2015)

@MartinBroon tweeted
@ClydeFC Noo,THATS whit ye ca’ a good “away” (2020)
Fightin till the end noo THATS whit We need! ??. ??. ???????(2020)
??THATS whit We need, fur whit’s lef(2020)
4 @Martybullywee @cmuir1611 ??THATS whit A’m gettin anaw!(2020)

@DABArbuckle tweeted
ly managed tae bully lassies. Thats a' we need tae know(2020)
n Alan Carr in the same room, thats for shair.(2020)
9336 @CrowSaorAlba1 Ach weel, thats yaishly how it aw starts ??(2020)
A LEVEL of corruption. Jings, thats shairly the understatement o (2020)

@ThonJacobite tweeted
Weel . . . thats the first bike run din and du (2021) twitter link
thoosand followers. Tae some thats a drap in the ocean but tae m(2021)
Richt, thats me done it. Ah've poured petr(2021)
st Go-ogled Mr Kelman. Jings, thats a fair wheen o books fae the (2020)
dband? Jings, for maist o' us thats the feckin least o' wir worri(2020)

South East (Borders)

@cammyrudkin tweeted
@rummelinto @chisholmiain thats the way forrit rum tum #cheat(2012)
@BobbyRobson46 thats the best hing av herd cum oot(2012)
RachelNuttella @bobbyrobson46 thats jist for customers that pay e(2012)
@AidanReilly6 thats why a need yow ti cum!! No mi(2012)

@jamie_ginger tweeted
Thats the best bit o #imacelebrity (2012)
@AidanReilly6 i thats the new yin.they have came do(2012)
dStace @Darrylnaismithx Haha. Thats gid. #goantheginger(2019)
@gazzamuir @Gold_Rush thats nay gid. A liked the auld fel(2016)

West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
Dae yae know thats me an you? on page 37

1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Reynolds, Charlie Tak pride in yer ain tongue, (North Antrim Speak 2009) Ulster - Coleraine, blog
ae alloed tae. Noo aff coorse thats naw tha wye it is noo-a deys.
se jest taak a luk at onythin thats dane in tha name o Ulster Sco
2 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
wee sniff at Wullie's hans. "Thats tha pup" he sayed tae it, pic on page 18

2 matches

General Ulster

Stewart, Kenny The Proota Field, (Facebook 2021) Ulster, poetry
r sayin " Oh aye, right folks thats the last drill"
1 matches

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