A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

thoum Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.3 6.6 1.5 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences1413 1 0 0 0 0
Number of authors10 9 1

Occurrences of thoum in Corpus

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Central

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
t o the edge wi the finger an thoum o ilka haun. on page 44

1 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
auf-opened her een, soukt her thoum, an fell back tae sleep. on page 29
n she wis tired an soukin her thoum, she wad aye seek oot her kne on page 33
he quill pen atween his richt thoum an forefinger, an drummed his on page 41

3 matches

Smith, Donald Saut and Bluid: A Scotsaga, (Luath 2022 ISBN: 978-1804250341) Central, prose
Wullie, whiles Skald rins his thoum up the haurd edge. on page 14

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
A guid rule o thoum, if ye'r a speaker o Scots an on page 33

1 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
it can be done if ye turn yer thoum a bittie" said Heehaw. 'Dae y on page 15

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
Me ower an spat upon his thoum, on page 18

1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 67 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
hail kintra, first seein wee thoum-nail picturs that can be snec on page 65

1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 57 - Lea the leid alane, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
ir dialecks are a skelf i the thoum for minority leids. Nelde et on page 56

1 matches

Fleemin, Sandy Economic Theory, (sandyfleming.org 2003) Central - East Lothian, prose
pound note richt tenty atween thoum an finger, tryin tae grip it
1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Hale Ir Sindries - Buik Twa, (Fons Scotiae 2000) Central, prose
thair thoum bi threitnin ti lowss raidio
thoum he says, ‘Mynd ye weill, au
2 matches

Doric

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
heir places in the air wi his thoum) "neb in the mids, mou in abl on page 89

1 matches

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