A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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Use in varieties of Scots

thumb Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.8 9.8 1.5 9.9 5.8 10.3 8.9
Number of occurrences2519 1 1 1 1 2
Number of authors21 15 1 1 1 1 2

Occurrences of thumb in Corpus

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Central

Haddow, Kris nobody remembers the birdman - The Incomer, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
n here. Stood oot like a sare thumb among the Peggies and on page 76

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Paisley, Janet Not For Glory, (Canongate 2001 ISBN: 978-1841951744) Central, prose
in front ae him an faulds his thumb ower the three weeist fingurs on page 1

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Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
tae blame it on a slip ae the thumb and fur us baith tae pretend on page 1

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Bryden, Hugh Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Dumfries, poetry
- the finger an thumb pinchers on page 95

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Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
in them atween forefinger and thumb. on page 146

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Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
As yir thumb pushes in whuts in on page 97

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Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
ontentedly it suckled oan his thumb on page 39

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Calder, Bob Lallans 58 - Allmairshall, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, prose
got. He maks fork and spuin o thumb and index finger, and doles o on page 72

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Forrest, Liam Hittin the Toon, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
that stawnds oot like a sare thumb, Av got the sex pest, whos go
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Bennett, Peter The Bools, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
nch a small amount between ma thumb an forefinger afore packing i
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Grae, Emma Dancin wi the Rhona, (unbound.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
scroll Twitter wi a tremblin thumb.
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Monahan Brown, Ricky Dùn Èideann, (The Scores 2020) Central, prose
is cheek atween forefinger an thumb.
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Bennett, Peter Arabian Monkfish (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
te, oan Kentish Town Road, ah thumb through a yella pages till ah
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Donovan, Anne Hieroglyphics and Other Stories - All that Glistens, (Canongate 2004 ISBN: 1841955191) Central, prose
d her weddin ring between the thumb and first finger of her right
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@DavidJWood2 tweeted
You’ll stick oot like a sare thumb ??(2020) search twitter

@DABArbuckle tweeted
CK ME. Did it AGAIN. This big thumb keeps pressing the wrang feck(2020) search twitter
NDYCAMP261115 Fuck it. Ma big thumb ticked the wrang box. Meant t(2020) search twitter

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
a b the first tae b under the thumb where a wimmins concerned - (2021) twitter link

Doric

Thom, Bill The Quait Chiel, (Tapsalteerie 2013 ISBN: 9780992663100) Doric - Banff, poetry
A muckle thumb A'm sure yer unner, on page 13

1 matches

Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
thumb past endless trawphy presenta on page 35

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Shetland

Sutherland, Hazel Biggin Da Dess, (Shetland For Wirds 2004) Shetland, prose
iddle finger an een atween me thumb an fore finger.
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Southern

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
dens @Graeme_Berry My bad, ma thumb’s aim is pished due tae many(2020) search twitter

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
hir left index finger an left thumb an place the napkin unnerneat on page 34

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Ullans Speakers Association Nursery Rhymes for Weans, (Ulster-Scots Agency 2008 ISBN: 978-0955791697) Ulster, weans
He put in his thumb on page 29

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