Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'then-'

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Use in varieties of Scots

then-	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	0.9	3	2
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow	10.2	2	1
AYR - Ayrshire	10.7	1	1
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders)
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)
BUL - Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards)
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of then- 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.

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
ver till be an owld wifie-but then-always till hev lessons till l on page 34
e wis thinkan aboot id: "Boot then-ah shouldna be hungry for id, on page 68
ked doon e peedie passage: an then-she found hersel at last in e on page 73

3 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
ent doon that rabbit hole-bit then-bit then-it's awfy stringe, ye on page 35
ver tae be an auld wumman-bit then-ayeweys tae hiv lessons tae le on page 36
Alice said thoughtfully: "bit then-ah widnae be hungry fir it yit on page 70
lked doon the wee passage: an then-she fun hersel at last in the on page 75

5 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
ver tae be an auld wamman-but then-I'd aye hae mair lessons tae l on page 35
taed doun the wee passage: an then-she fand hersel at last in the on page 44

2 matches

General Central

Mackintosh, Jim The Banes o the Turas, (Tippermuir 2022 ISBN: 978-1913836313) Central, poetry
fae then-a-days. on page 19

1 matches

Freeman, Fred Lallans 102 - Burns, Hamish and Sang, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
d gey doul in emphasising the then-nou contrast) But noo.. But bl on page 61

1 matches

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
," said Ahlice thochtfu: "but then-Ah shouldnae b' hungry fur eet on page 70

1 matches