Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

thankful	Corpus occurrences	Central	Doric / Northern	Orkney	Shetland	Southern	Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words	3.4	1.5	4.5	29.8	5.8	0	4.4
Number of occurrences	11	3	3	3	1	0	1
Number of authors	9	2	3	2	1		1

Occurrences of thankful in Corpus

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Central

Bennett, Peter nobody remembers the birdman - Stovies, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
t whit ye get an ye should be thankful. There's aye folk worse aff t on page 12

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Crichton, Tam Lallans 84 - Ower the Faem Pairt Twa: Doon the Watter, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, prose
eak, just swallaed an noddit, thankful for his wurds. Focus. Concent on page 56

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Bennett, Peter Stovies, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
t whit ye get an ye should be thankful. There’s always folk worse
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Doric

Wilson, Katie Becus a hae a sister a hae a friend, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Buckie, prose
you such a lovely quiney! Am thankful fur ah the memories we hiv hi
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@Franwella tweeted
@LouiseNicol1 I'm jist thankful I made it tae the kitchen rol(2011) search twitter

@JoanHenry7 tweeted
nae claiming to be Scottish. Thankful for small mercies. (2023) twitter link

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
Astrid's ower thankful fer Inga an Øyvind's maet an on page 83

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Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
dore. ‘We hiv muckle tae be thankful for. Wid you like a Soor Ploo
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Giles, Harry Josephine An Excerpt From Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Future Fantasy, (The Bottle Imp 2019) Orkney, poetry
Astrid’s ower thankful fer Inga an Øyvind’s
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Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
ys get concerned (and hopeful/thankful) when i hear Oscar Charlie fi(2016) search twitter

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
said Maisie, "Will ye tver be thankful fur ocht? If it's no the lect on page 38

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