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thaur Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words20.8 26.3 1.5 0 0 0 58
Number of occurrences6953 1 0 0 0 15
Number of authors8 5 1 2

Occurrences of thaur in Corpus

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Central

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
Feartit fae thaur greetin mither. on page 8
'Sin sunrise, sir, thaur clouts we've synd, on page 10
that he'll be thaur tae the last.' on page 11
An thaur, on page 14
Thaur cantie courage a hopefu sicht on page 15
Also on pages 16, 24
20 matches

Cohen, Susan Wee Scottish Book o' Pure Stoatin' Joy, (The Wee Book Company 2019 ISBN: 978-1916491588) Central, prose
Thaur's nae big secret tae feelin' on page

9 matches

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 104 - Stephen, (Lallans Magazine 2024) Central, prose
At nicht Ah wuid ly thaur in the daurk shaddaes o the b on page 11
omin loast weans til they got thaur trust, then lurin thaim insid on page 12
ened but ma mither jist stood thaur aa sympathetic, erms foldit, on page 13
the back o the caur. Naebody thaur. Nae smelly auld carlin bauki on page 14
"Thaur wis jist the wan, mither. Don on page 15
Also on pages 16, 17, 18
12 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
Whit if thaur wis Public Safety Advice oan on page 25
Ave hird it telt we werenae thaur on page 37
stoonin, thaur wis a theeng on page 40
Thaur wad hae bin coontless mair we on page 46
Adam said if thaur wis an example on page 53
Also on pages 56, 58, 61, 78, 79
10 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
f, the menyie sattilt doun ti thaur maut, fur the wes nae
1 matches

Lehane, Matt Gif I was, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
a naethin wad be contrived an thaur’d be nae chantin o the Quee
1 matches

Doric

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
is first tae christen ‘em wi thaur dubbie beets? #RitesOPassageK(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Cartmill, Claire Three score years an ten, (Ballymoney and Moyle Times 2014) Ulster, newspaper
think ouler folk ir naw geen thaur richtfa place in this hell fo
aff coorse thauts naw them aa thaur ir some guid youngsters aboot
2 matches

Reynolds, Charlie Krisamas time is draa’in near, (Ullans Speakers Association 2011) Ulster - Coleraine, prose
t a damper on tha weans an aa thaur needs - because A yince wus
baak ower sixty year ir mair, thaur wus nae ruchness o’ siller
a hale fortune on tha weans, thaur wus somethin wrang wae ye.
3 matches

Reynolds, Charlie An Appeal frae tha hairt, (North Antrim Speak 2010) Ulster - Coleraine, blog
ness an taakin a noshun intae thaur heids that they kan maak a ja
, they ir in mae opeenion aff thaur heids. Withoot native speaker
2 matches

Reynolds, Charlie Tha demise o oor ain tongue, (North Antrim Speak 2010) Ulster - Coleraine, blog
Ullans Language. Noo tha mair thaur haes bane a weethin o progres
n for this bein tha fect that thaur haes bane nae rale effort bae
they taak is mill stane roon thaur neck. It wull shane jest bae
gs. Tha wye A see it is this, thaur is a hale rake o yins taakin
er. Mann they scunner mae wae thaur gran words o hollow support w
8 matches

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