A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

theyre Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words1.8 2 1.5 0 0 10.3 0
Number of occurrences64 1 0 0 1 0
Number of authors6 4 1 1

Occurrences of theyre in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
hought Alice. "Ah wunner whit theyre gonnae try next! If they hink on page 38

1 matches

Bennett, Peter nobody remembers the birdman - Stovies, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
arn money lender. Ye dae know theyre just aboot tae start breakin on page 9

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
say, "EAT WONKA'S CHOCOLATES! THEYRE THE BEST IN THE HAILL WARLD! on page 147

1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
DicaculusManiac spot on m8 - theyre awe slaggin off boris non sto (2020) twitter link

Doric

Strachan, Shane DWAMS, (Tapsalteerie 2024 ISBN: 978-1916214880) Doric, poetry
- 'Ye must be aff yer heid. Theyre ruining oor country. We need on page 37

1 matches

Southern

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
"Nut, theyre no," said th White Rabbit, "a on page 118

1 matches

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