A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

a'thing Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.9 1 14.8 0 5.8 0 0
Number of occurrences132 10 0 1 0 0
Number of authors8 1 6 1

Occurrences of a'thing in Corpus

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Central

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
thae Vicky sponges staund fur a'thing we want an' need as humans. W on page

2 matches

Doric

Morrison Murray, Harold Doric, Historic and Humorous, (Peters and Sons 2024) Doric, poetry
e wis aye desperate, tae keep a'thing livin' on page 13
we a' hae snuffed since loons A'thing noo is pintin' tae plantin tr on page 29

2 matches

Whyte, Brian The Bottles, (Independently published 2020 ISBN: 979-8612647218) Doric, poetry
is a'thing I could need on page 82

2 matches

Facebook link (Doric Scots Books an Poems 2022) Doric - Aberdeen
As they selt a'thing under the moon

McDonald, Charlie , (Facebook 2022) Doric - Aberdeen, poetry
As they selt a'thing under the moon
1 matches

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
look see intae ma wee herty, a'thing a dae, I dae it fer ye! #RinT(2016) search twitter

@DoricPhrases tweeted
hooverin hoose an recharging a'thing! https://t.co/jCj2MXYU0A(2016) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
Affa hangover the day, tried a'thing fae fry up, irn bru, heedache(2016) search twitter
That's a'thing sorted oot fer the first fitt(2017) search twitter

Shetland

@tattooedselkie tweeted
back on when you think aboot a'thing at happened when he wis in of(2021) search twitter