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The word 'thonner'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
thonnerOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus15.45112
ORK - Orkney
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 8.9 2 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
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) 814 14 3
SUL - South Antrim (Between Sixmilewater and Belfast)
BEL - Eastern Ulster (Belfast)
PUL - Peninsular Ulster (Ards) 392.6 11 2
EUL - East Antrim (Larne) 459.7 14 3
GUL - General Ulster
SYN - Synthetic (no region) 127.2 7 1

Occurrences of thonner in Corpus

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Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Drumneachie Ferm, (Scottish Poetry Library 2019) Doric, poetry
icturs o ma bairnhood myndins thonner. Ma uncle ran a mixed ferm, a
1 matches

General Northern

Blackhall, Sheena The Itchy Coo Book o Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in Scots - Dother o the Sea, (Itchy Coo 2020) Doric, weans
Och, it wis ugsome thonner! on page 118
And she sheens thonner yet. on page 128

2 matches

West Central

Neill, Willie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern, poetry
hoastin his lichts oot thonner in the Royal Infirmary; on page 141

1 matches

Ballymena Ulster (Mid Antrim)

Millar, Al Echas frae tha Big Swilly Swally, (Ullans Speakers Association 2023 ISBN: 978-0957666238) Ulster, poetry
On tha brae thonner, saft een keeks aff ower tha on page 30

1 matches

Fenton, James On Slaimish, (Ullans Press 2009 ISBN: 9781905281299) Ulster, poetry
An far, waitin, an thonner on page 6
Thonner, booed on page 7
Hir bak turned, thonner, the spurtle on page 10
Thonner, airms hel oot on page 13
Tae the hoose up thonner, stannin on page 23
Also on pages 39, 44, 53, 54
11 matches

Warwick, Matthew Fergie an Freens oan tha fairm, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2011) Ulster - Rural Mid-Antrim, weans
"Da! Luk ower thonner! Whut's thon reek risin frae on page 10

1 matches

Fenton, James The Lade, (Ullans Magazine 2001) Ulster, prose
renshed bae the stane steps. Thonner, tae, we catched the strickli
1 matches

Peninsular Ulster (Ards)

McDonald, Fiona Frae Cowie's Cragg, (Ulster-Scots Academy Press 2021 ISBN: B0949GXX7K) Ulster, poetry
Stud thonner, on tha leevin roak on page 1
By Movilla's green hill thonner on page 2
an drive yell mebbe join him thonner on page 6
Whut tuk her thonner on page 10
ere! Thair's aye some weelads thonner (an ithers no sae wee) Hingin on page 20
Also on pages 22, 24, 29
9 matches

Spence, Laura Tha Thoarn Tree, (Ullans Magazine 2013) Ulster, prose
“Hey Grace, luk, thonner’s a boadie heidin this wye,
t maun hae been a boadie frae thonner set tha snare. Whaur ir ye fr
2 matches

East Antrim (Larne)

Robinson, Philip Oul Licht, (Ullans Press 2017 ISBN: 978-1905281305) Ulster - Larne, poetry
(James Fenton: 'Thonner an Thon') on page 4
"A rocket thonner landit!" on page 10
Ayont thonner an thon on page 12
Ayont thonner an thon on page 13
"Theres rats in thonner" on page 18
Also on pages 19, 30, 60, 71
9 matches

King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
‘Jenny’s on her ain ower thonner. Away an play wi Jenny.’
and at the Mull o Kintyre. ‘Thonner’s the Moyle sea,’ ah saed
aaf. The airm is Islandmagee. Thonner, leuk!’
3 matches

@Angelinekking tweeted
e masel for thon big skuil up thonner in Coleraine.(2020)
hto16 @crawjill Also I’d say thonner but there are maybe parts of (2020)

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
enn iz ïntae tha herd o pigs thonner." He saed tae thaim, "Awa wi on page 9
ha hïlls o Judea. Up she cum thonner tae Zechariah's hoose, an tou on page 70
fowk, an thair wus thïs man thonner whase richt han wus wuthert. on page 78
Thair wus thïs Centurion thonner haed a sarvin man he thocht w on page 80
Guid News an healin thair an thonner. on page 85
Also on pages 87, 100
7 matches

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