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The word 'thonder'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
thonderOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus10.5358
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 8.9 2 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.3 3 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.2 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 5.1 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 10.7 1 1
LAL - General Central 5.3 4 1
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) 614.8 12 1
EUL - East Antrim (Larne)
GUL - General Ulster 110.1 11 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of thonder in Corpus

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General Northern

McClure, Derrick J. Throwe the Keekin-Gless an Fit Ailice Funn There, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012559) Doric, prose
aarer hyne in the Wuidin doun thonder they hinna gat ony names. Fou on page 41
am fleein out the wuidin ower thonder: fegs, but fit a lick thon Qu on page 97

2 matches

(South) East Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 70 - A Bannock Day’s Pley for Thrie Fowk, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, script
taen his wey throu the skrogs thonder. He haed a bunnil on his back on page 48

1 matches

Hershaw, William The Retour O The Grey Airmy, (Bella Caledonia 2016) Central - Fife, blog
ine that the baisties are oot thonder, shooting grouse on the hills
were huntit and aa wede awaa thonder in the thirties but the Heidy
2 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ae briganders in the hills up thonder, an Ah’ve
1 matches

Glasgow

Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
e the plainstains at the Tron thonder, on page 45

1 matches

Ayrshire

Lehane, Matt Cubismo Part III, (bandcamp 2006) Central - Ayrshire, poetry
intil the unco thonder
1 matches

General Central

Hershaw, William Eemis Stane 1 - The Laverock’s Nest, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
the stourie yirth. He liggit thonder for a meinute, ettlin tae tak on page 17
uised whit was aareddy liggin thonder. The five eggs sat there, sno on page 18

2 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 56 - In The Classroom, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
cher and pupils alike wad sit thonder swelterin and plouterin. The on page 37

2 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Thonder's nae place for tae play on page 9
drich whusperin an clackin in thonder room: it went on aa nicht, sa on page 14
Gin ye gae doon thonder on page 15
A jaloose they're still oot thonder noo, on page 23
Sit clocked on thonder stage, on page 35
Also on pages 53, 54, 59, 60
10 matches

Dornan, Stephen Ding Doon tha Mairch Dikes, (Modern Poetry Translation 2019) Ulster - Comber, poetry
ootby, oot thonder.
ootby, oot thonder.
2 matches

General Ulster

@the_gellick tweeted
n he gaed for a wee dander up thonder on the moon.. http://t.co/OLF (2014) twitter link
an a wheen o ither places up thonder. (2016) twitter link
on. Them coorse hallions doon thonder at @LADFLEG hae it stole! htt (2016) twitter link
Fae up thonder on Hamilton's Bangor tower ho (2016) twitter link
microwave: wheech the tay in thonder an it'll scauld the bake aff (2015) twitter link
and 6 other occurrences.