A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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thousan Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words13.7 14.9 9 0 0 93 0
Number of occurrences4429 6 0 0 9 0
Number of authors10 8 2 1

Occurrences of thousan in Corpus

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Central

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
ee: that wad be near on fower thousan mile doun, I think-" (for, ye on page 9
o mindin that she wis aboot a thousan times bigger nor the Rabbit, on page 35

2 matches

Donaldson, Gordon Lallans 90 - Echty-Echt, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, prose
k lost their lifes, wi near a thousan skaithed, monie sairly. on page 36

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
man, he left ahint ower fower thousan o thaim! Forby thir, he can a on page 45

2 matches

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
ater that efternuin - wi twa thousan sodgers an rwa hunner trooper on page 27
clared a rebel wi a price o a thousan merks on his heid. on page 30
ernment brocht a host o aicht thousan wild an barbarous Hielanmen d on page 33
. At the hinner-en, nigh on a thousan sowls were assembled on Glais on page 34
raise intae joyous sang as a thousan vyces cairrit heivenwatds the on page 35
Also on pages 39, 73
10 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
megalithic culture there five thousan year syne wis as weel forrit on page 99

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
bein tellt fer mair nor forty thousan year. Dundee pub stories aren on page 10
e oot the location o near twa thousan years eftir the fact, if fact on page 13
been drillin doun tae twenty thousan feet whan the drill-bit broke on page 48
rulin a wee island o a puckle thousan fowk. Accordinly on 12 April on page 92

5 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 67 - Andra’s Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
Gin I soud bide on life a thousan year!" on page 50

1 matches

Hershaw, William Eemis Stane 1 - The Laverock’s Nest, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
anither hunner, or aiblins a thousan years? Yet whenever ye jalous on page 18

1 matches

Holton, Brian Lallans 67 - The Nine Sangs: Brian Holton, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, poetry
ngs is gey auld - mebbes twa thousan year auld, or mebbes nearer t on page 33

2 matches

McClure, Derrick J. Lallans 73 - The Pynes o Luve, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
An throu the hunner thousan hours o nicht, on page 43

2 matches

Hodgson, Brent Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, prose
This beuk coud hae been a thousan blads in lenth, but bienly fo on page 119

1 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 73 - reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central - Prestwick, prose
...?: the haill herd - a twa thousan heid o swine - breishilt dou on page 135

1 matches

Doric

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
gs, the reek alane is wirth a thousan punn the fuff!" on page 38
" said Ailice: "fower or five thousan, I wad jalouse." on page 91

5 matches

Murdoch, Steve Schrödinger’s Leid?, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Doric - St Andrews, blog
it haivers. For inside lies a thousan years o literature, scrievins
1 matches

Southern

Purves, David Lallans 67 - The Incomparable Li Po (701-762), (Lallans Magazine 2005) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
na lestin aboot twa an a hauf thousan year, becam possible kis o th on page 34

1 matches

Purves, David Lallans 67 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Southern - Selkirk, newspaper
juist this: that o the eicht thousan objects William Burrell gied on page 5

2 matches

Purves, David Lallans 59 - Five Poems frae the Chinese o Po Chu-I, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
ve poems. A hunner, aiblins a thousan year hence sumbodie wul cum t
1 matches

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
Gaes aff himlane for a thousan myle.
The Wast wund blaws frae ten thousan myle.
Cryit a thousan tymes, Ah never gledged back.
throu a thousan myle o deid gress.
Ah wes born, ten thousan bens awa.
5 matches

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