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Use in varieties of Scots

thing's Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words6.8 7.1 4.5 29.8 0 10.3 4.4
Number of occurrences2214 3 3 0 1 1
Number of authors16 11 2 1 1 1

Occurrences of thing's in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
"Burst thing's first," said the Cat, "a dug' on page 64

1 matches

Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
the next thing's ma collar felt, his haun in m on page 1

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Eemis Stane 2 - Editorial: A Twa Wey Street, (Eemis Stane 2023) Central, prose
ynge. Let's assume that, if a thing's wirth sayin, it's wirth repea on page 3

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
nither wey o daein things. An Thing's the ward. The Norse Thing wis on page 31

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
Well wan thing's fur sure, said ma da, as he p on page 169

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
That thing's warth its wecht in gowd! Whit on page 53

1 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
ane,' said Pooh. I doot sic a thing's no been heard o afore.' on page 143

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 58 - The Dumb Jyner, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
icht no maitter kis this Suez thing's raelly gettin oot o han! It's on page 65

1 matches

Hershaw, William Eemis Stane 1 - The Laverock’s Nest, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
. But the fermer saw whit the thing's former maitter had been afore on page 18

1 matches

Hubbard, Tom Minoritie Status, (Tapsalteerie 2017) Central - Kirkcaldy, poetry
The hale thing's riptured hit's a ding-dang o on page 26

3 matches

Holton, Brian Lallans 67 - The Nine Sangs: Brian Holton, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
rnal voiced caesura. Nou this thing's read as xi: an that's hou ilk on page 33

1 matches

Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
ipts: nae validity, savin the thing's signit across a stamp - a by on page 72

1 matches

Doric

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
alongside an appoligised, So thing's caamed doon a bit an we wint on page 17
Thing's left tae happen, Because ther on page 35

2 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
oot o here, Stevie. The hale thing's bin a bliddy nichtmare - yon on page 56

1 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
The whole thing's so predictable hid maks me wa on page 39
spise him or adore him - wan thing's fur sure, you can't ignore hi on page 78
Noo, the whole thing's oot o action wi me caird stuc on page 84

3 matches

Southern

Tindal, Betty Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
aw thing's saftened. on page 159

1 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
t that shae had hurt the peur thing's feelins. "A furgot yae dinnae on page 22

1 matches

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