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Use in varieties of Scots

thraan Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.1 1 10.6 39.7 0 0 0
Number of occurrences132 7 4 0 0 0
Number of authors9 2 4 3

Occurrences of thraan in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Central

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
bit yer ain thraan coenscience: noecht. on page 65

1 matches

Bolland, John Lallans 71 - Line of Sight – excerpt fae a novel in progress, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
hy-backit, keeps its counsel, thraan.
1 matches

Doric

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 85 - The Clash o the Titans, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Doric, prose
k at authority. He wis a real thraan chiel an likit ti mak things on page 53

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
road-spoken an canny. An he's thraan, sometimes, non-committal, aa on page 7
dinna ken foo ye'r se bliddy thraan aboot it. Ye on page 22
somethin an aa bit, she's as thraan, Ah kent she'd raither dee er on page 61

3 matches

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 81 - Pyntin the Been, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Doric - Aberdeen, newspaper
verra definite opeenions, an thraan as they come. on page 8

1 matches

Strachan, Shane Hoast, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric, prose
it wye ma Grunny wis being so thraan aboot it, but in the end she
1 matches

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@ScotGovScots thrawn or thraan (2020) twitter link

Orkney

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
tween helm, daikles an lines, thraan a flyre atwart her luntit fac on page 106
k aboot Orcadia's histry, the thraan mixter-maxter o fock at biggi on page 123

2 matches

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
anything, buried anunder thraan Ontario prayers. on page 17

1 matches

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
An ill-thraan man on page 120

1 matches

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