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The word 'thirs'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
thirsOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus13.54511
ORK - Orkney 79.5 8 4
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.3 3 1
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee 254.9 24 1
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 10.2 2 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway) 41.8 3 1
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry) 490.5 3 1
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 31.4 1 1
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 thirs in Corpus

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Orkney

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
Thirs wan thing sure in ferming tal on page 76
wt "This is the place for me, thirs no wey aam gaan in!" on page 79
Thirs no excuse accepted, hids cheu on page 87

4 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
ay doon an saed, 'Gae the men thirs, on page 72

1 matches

Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
'Thirs a letter fae Davie, an I dinn on page 37
he fire efter his dinner when thirs a commotion in the backhoose. on page 38

2 matches

@peediepuss tweeted
t is the best feeleen, unless thirs upwind slurry on the go(2020)

(South) East Central

McPartlin, Moira Before Now : Memoir of a Toerag, (Trilleachan 2021 ISBN: 978-1838360702) Central - Fife, prose
funny efter aw. An of course thirs that on page 7

3 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
y boy that ah'm pals wi cause thirs aboot twenty ae us fae oor ye on page 169

1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
Nixt thirs a table in thi air on page 8
thirs only three wehs ti go, on page 10
thirs been ups an doons on page 12
Thirs plenty talent ah aboot on page 26
So dinna tell me that thirs nae culture in Dundee on page 27
Also on pages 29, 41, 48, 61, 62, 66, 77, 89, 93, 95, 99, 103, 104, 105, 109
24 matches

Glasgow

Geraghty, Martin A Bad Sport, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
he motors in the car park – thirs a Bentley, a Porsche and an A
1 matches

Geraghty, Martin 378, (TheCommonBreath.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
Thirs 378 flats in the three blocks
1 matches

South West (Galloway)

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
thirs a kind on page 40
fech, thirs a-flutterin in th' gantrie on page 53
thirs time yi'll huv guessed fer yi on page 54

3 matches

West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)

Burgess, Wilson Dae Ye See: Ulster-Scots Poems, (Scots Language Centre 2007 ISBN: 978-0955791604) Ulster - L'Derry, poetry
Ah'm sure thirs ither jobs ye'd be better at, on page 8
Boys thirs naethin tae bate the Net. on page 34
he gangs wae whom hae worked, thirs tales tae tell, on page 43

3 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
ien aff that they cudnae tist thirs, an the weeyin choke't an had on page 29

1 matches

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