A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

thinner Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.4 4.6 4.5 19.9 0 0 0
Number of occurrences149 3 2 0 0 0
Number of authors9 5 2 2

Occurrences of thinner in Corpus

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Central

Armstrong, Graeme Young Team, (Picador 2020 ISBN: 978-1529017366) Central, prose
rs. Why his hair is naturally thinner n he shaves it aff. Why his m on page 38

1 matches

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
n sae the lines growe langer, thinner..... on page 77

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
tae be awfu thin. Awthin gets thinner the langer ye streetch it.' on page 154

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
wis gaun doon. She wis slowly thinner gettin again, skrunklin back on page 42
thinner and thinner, as though she wis a whang o on page 45

3 matches

Grae, Emma Be guid tae yer Mammy, (Unbound Digital 2021 ISBN: 978-1789651171) Central, prose
big wumman, but she's gettin thinner by the day. on page 8

1 matches

Purdie, David C. Lallans 59 - Terry Fae Brooklyn, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - Aryshire, prose
ivvery day tae see her gettin thinner an thinner an mair an mair ye on page 136

2 matches

Doric

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
awfa stiff tae turn, Evin we thinner eil en er. So we teen et en t on page 20

1 matches

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
aed clean throw't, fur it wis thinner than moosewabs, thinner than
than moosewabs, thinner than mist. As the ghaistly bu
2 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
gey hockid and an aafal piece thinner. on page 79

1 matches

@peediepuss tweeted
good results wae Calabrese. A thinner crop, single peedie heads, bu (2021) twitter link

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