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The word 'thirsty'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
thirstyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.91311
ORK - Orkney 29.8 3 2
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 13.3 3 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 4.9 2 2
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5.1 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.1 1 1
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 thirsty in Corpus

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Orkney

Butler, Vera Gallows Ha - Maggie o Quoys and Bessie o Gyre , (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
for the pain you've haen. A'm thirsty, Maggie, and there's notheen on page 23

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Garson, Sheila Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
tae thirsty milkin kye. on page 58

1 matches

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
for the pain you're haen. A'm thirsty, Maggie, an there's notheen t on page 77

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
drooth. Aa this veesitin wis thirsty wark.
1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
ize that Tam wis a wee bittie thirsty. "Fit time wis
1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
d. Efter a fyle he felt a bit thirsty an
1 matches

@beast_afc tweeted
faeaberdeen If i can bring 25 thirsty loons, fits the chances of a (2020)

(South) East Central

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
er intae resemblin some blood thirsty fitbaw casual come derby day on page 87

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Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
t a wee drap milk when it wis thirsty. It wis her favourite magic r on page 77

1 matches

West Central

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
wis drinkin cause ah wis dead thirsty. on page 160

1 matches

Glasgow

Cunningham, Lucy nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Swedish Fish, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, prose
's when a realised she wisnae thirsty, she wis having babies. It lo on page 39

1 matches

General Central

Harrison, Jean Lallans 59 - BARRY SCHUIL 1928 - 1934, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central - East Lothian, prose
he telt us they were a bluid thirsty lot wha did awa wi Mary Queen on page 120

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South East (Borders)

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
ns Nae me, have that when ahm thirsty but ma proper is “Uisge Beat(2020)