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thomas Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words25.3 35.5 16.6 0 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences8169 11 0 0 0 1
Number of authors29 23 5 1

Occurrences of thomas in Corpus

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Central

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
Thomas Clark on page vii

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
Watter o Irvine. The Reverend Thomas Douglas wad be preachin, an f on page 34
A younger son o the late Sir Thomas Hamilton o Preston an Fingalt on page 35
Douglas peyd nae heed an had Thomas Richard shot in Cumnock kirky on page 61

3 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
True Thomas was the toast of the ladies L on page 3

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
fit ae rage. Ma first hoarse, Thomas Shelby, is due tae run at the on page 35
he Bahamas is walkin past the Thomas Cook travel agency oan the hi on page 120

2 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
Tess o the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy on page 12
and said, 'A poet cried Dylan Thomas wanst scrieved some lines tha on page 178

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
he likes o the Radical writer Thomas Paine in the echteenth centur on page 19
ocussit on ane o the Martyrs, Thomas Muir, but he wisnae alane an on page 58

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
ons, the writins o sic men as Thomas Paine an that maist important on page 83
es o the Reform movement like Thomas Muir an a local meenister, Th on page 123

5 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
t tae answer tae ma ain name. Thomas Campbell. Thomas CAMPBELL. He on page 46
hat would be a very wise move Thomas. How no, he said, Jist kick t on page 83

3 matches

Docherty, John F. Lallans 81 - Lang Summer Days, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
e war wir long an hoat. Me an Thomas used tae come doon tae Warnoc on page 76

7 matches

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
Wee Thomas Ruary son o Ginty, the warld' on page 76

1 matches

McPartlin, John Lallans 68 - Black Staff , (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central, poetry
waas. "Thomas, ye say that Satan bangs on page 112

13 matches

Sprott, Gavin Lallans 68 - Gairdens, (Lallans Magazine 2006) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
Thomas Francini, the maker o't, on page 98

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
Thomas Cochrane. Braw but wayward la on page 82

1 matches

Douglas, Sheila Lallans 67 - William Motherwell (1797 - 1836), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
Tea-table Miscellany, Bishop Thomas Percy's Reliques of Ancient E on page 69

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
The owthor looks at Thomas Pennant's gang roun Scotland on page 110

1 matches

Robinson, Christine Lallans 73 - Historical Lexicography and the Records of the Parliaments of Scotland to 1700, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
n oucht at rynyt the said Sir Thomas or his wyfe in sic manere. Ap on page 20

2 matches

Docherty, John F. Lallans 82 - Lang Summer Days Pairt 2, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
n daen caird tricks fur me an Thomas, an ma daddy cim in an whin e on page 44
at fightin between youse two. Thomas says, 'Michael's the best.' E on page 45
lse thir wis this night me an Thomas an wee Pat had tae be aw in w on page 46

14 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 82 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central - Prestwick, prose
ds-rinnin-thegither poetrie o Thomas Clark, an in 'Phantasmagoria' on page 7

1 matches

Robertson, Colin Lallans 81 - Wildlaw, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
biggs on nories laid doun bi Thomas Berry2, wha pyntit oot that m
1 matches

Smith, Jamie Soonds o the kirk an court: early airt muisic in Scotland, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
ish as did their contemporars Thomas Tallis an William Byrd in Eng
1 matches

Widmann, Thomas The State o Denmark, (The Sair Fecht 2015) Central, blog
airticle for The Sair Fecht, Thomas Widmann taks us through lest
s general election i Denmark. Thomas blogs at http://www.arcofpros
2 matches

Fitt, Matthew Matthew Fitt: a word aboot 'bad' language, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, blog
nna Stewart, William Letford, Thomas Clark, Sam Best and ithers fo
1 matches

Douglas, Ashley Fur maist o history, anonymous wis a wumman, (Scottish Poetry Library 2022) Central, prose
atit wi the court o James VI, Thomas Hudson and Robert Hudson.
1 matches

Facebook link ( 2016) Central
pay tribute tae thur ancestor Thomas Brownlea whae fought in the b

@WhenDidADidny tweeted
class attention to detail aff Thomas Cook to announce that some la (2018) twitter link

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 85 - The Clash o the Titans, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
Oxford accent o his - Dylan Thomas wid hae said he spak lik 'he on page 54

1 matches

Abel, Charlie The Press and Journal (Inverness, Highlands, and Islands) - Doric Corner, (DC Thomson 2024) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
in the 1820s wis a Scot, Lord Thomas Cochrane, fa stairted and com on page 25

3 matches

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric - Montrose, prose
ca: The Life and Obsession of Thomas Lipton, Laurence Brady, Birli on page 125
irratives, frae the weel-kent Thomas the Rhymer or The Well o the on page 126

3 matches

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 73 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Doric, prose
ead this, I kent little aboot Thomas Lipton. There wis a shop on M
irratives, frae the weel-kent Thomas the Rhymer or The Well o the
2 matches

@cligeey tweeted
@AilishSinclair Some boy Thomas he fairly got aboot(2020) search twitter

@daleser23 tweeted
@Paul_Coull @DarrenMurray6 thomas brolin? Haha nae really paul.(2013) search twitter

Ulster

@the_gellick tweeted
ause, wi' fancy waxing warm. (Thomas Beggs, Antrim, 1836) (2019) twitter link