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The word 'thunks'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
thunksOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus4.4141
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 45.8 14 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
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 thunks in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Thunks verra much." Ina flickit thro on page 25
"Thunks verra much." Eileen gied im a on page 35
lappit doon oan t'a sun-bed. "Thunks fir helpin ma." on page 43
moo wis post-box reed. "Ay... thunks verra much." She pit er heid on page 84

4 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Thunks verra much." Joyce smiled it on page 8
handin ower a bottle o wire. "Thunks so much fir the invite - me on page 27
"Thunks verra much! Is aat your wye o on page 47
"Thunks!" Ah teen the lipstick an sli on page 66
"Weel, thunks verra much!" Dot lookit offen on page 86
Also on pages 94
6 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"Thunks, Jack," they chorused, sittin on page 8
"Thunks fir the tay," he said oan is on page 27
"Thunks, dearie," Ah say. "At's luvly on page 48

4 matches

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