A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Concordance

The word 'thoosand'

Use in varieties of Scots

Occurrences of thoosand in Corpus

Orkney

Leonard, Ingrid Northwords Now 43 - Ingrid Leonard, (northwordsnow.co.uk 2022) Orkney, poetry
an at a lick, I hear a hunder thoosand on page 18

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Hall, Simon W. New Lambs, Owld Stone, (Brisk Northerly 2017) Orkney, blog
aes washed the gutter fae the thoosand fragments o blue whin that li
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Hall, Simon W. Bonny Isle o Sanday, (Brisk Northerly 2016) Orkney, blog
llion grains o sand. A hunder thoosand migrant birds. A scant scatte
1 matches

Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
da silence o a thoosand vellum scrolls, on page 44
a thoosand peerie ponies hed linkit on page 92

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Watt, Valerie Froggy smoorikins, (Shetland Times 2010) Shetland - Lerwick, newspaper
he fell in wi laid nearly twa thoosand eiggs. An hit ony took her tw
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North Northern B (Caithness)

Mid Northern A

@DoricPhrases tweeted
aged soldier, ur eyes spoke a thoosand words Aberdeen talent!(2015)
n tae gie me a whack o sivven thoosand poun if ah gie him access tae(2019)
#ad If ye hiv ower 3 thoosand followers on Facebook, Twitte(2020)

@FaeFoggie tweeted
ldons @Stand_Free1980 The twa thoosand and eichteen world buttery ch(2021)

Aberdeen

Uri, Antonia Widney’s Fuil, (Mak Forrit 2017) Doric - Aberdeen, blog
Wi a population o less than a thoosand, fowk can even sometimes forg
moniment ye’v walkit past a thoosand times in yer life. Ye get the
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The Flying Pigs There’s nae reassurance over national insurance, (Press and Journal 2022) Doric, newspaper
er, if ye earn mair than £50 thoosand a year, ye’ll be paying oot
Fifty thoosand!? I hiv nivver seen ’at muc
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General Northern

Hamilton, Roddy Lallans 63 - Beggerey’s Greenhoose, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
que wis for a hunner an fifty thoosand pounds an that it wid be paid
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@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
spikkin'.......best Fest by a thoosand miles, goat e' rest licked!(2016)
' no show? Temper Ye cry?Five thoosand freezin' Cauld fowk hingin' a(2016)

North East Central

Heather, Alistair Whaur we cam fae: the Pechts, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Angus, blog
odin the myths o the last twa thoosand years o Scotland. Tae ken wha
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Heather, Alistair The porage revolution: Hou porage cam tae mak Scotland habitable, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
Five thoosand year syne the human warld bir
siclike a fashion for ower a thoosand year an mair. Humanity tried
2 matches

(South) East Central

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
A thoosand perish at ae puff
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 102, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
kin the prent run up tae five thoosand, the price for ilka caird can
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 106, (self-published 2002) Central, newspaper
ae time teacher, telt the twa thoosand delegates at the collogue hou
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Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 125, (self-published 2004) Central, newspaper
htless wheelhoose windaes o a thoosand deid or deein Scots fishin bo
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West Central

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Gazing proodly oot owre a thoosand year. on page 15
Gazing proodly oot owre a thoosand year, on page 16
Gazing proodly oot owre a thoosand year, on page 22
Twa thoosand an two! Whit a year, on page 48
Fir upwards o six thoosand year, on page 92

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Clark, Thomas Tae Kathleen Jamie, an ither Scots Scrievers, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central - Bellshill, blog
ledonia alane an ye'll find a thoosand reasons mair tae keep this ha
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Clark, Thomas Wha's Like Us?, (Bella Caledonia 2017) Central - Bellshill, blog
guid, syne if the five hunner thoosand "citizens" o the sel-proclaim
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Edinburgh

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
bides on it? Na, my feres, a thoosand times na! The grund o Britain
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Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
e oor herts brek awey intae a thoosand different pieces. Two macho s
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Glasgow

Bennett, Peter nobody remembers the birdman - Stovies, (Association for Scottish Literature 2022) Central, prose
Ah count oot a thoosand poun an leave the rest, level on page 10

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Clark, Thomas Intae the Snaw, (Gatehouse Press 2015 ISBN: 978-0992857370) Central, poetry
A thoosand hills aneath a birdless sky; on page 19
Hou come it teuk five thoosand wirds tae say? on page 25
A thoosand miles o birdsang. The watter, on page 32

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Chisnall, Edward F. H. Yer Ain, The Young Yins and the Auld Yin, (Evertype 2021 ISBN: 978-1782012764) Central - Glasgow, poetry
re held fast by Cernunnos o a thoosand tines on page 127

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Bennett, Peter Time, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
the air, takin me back tae a thoosand similar times, be it as a wea
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Bennett, Peter Stovies, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
Ah count oot a thoosand poun an leave the rest, level
elf it came fae, ah stick the thoosand ah’d set aside in a broon e
2 matches

Ayrshire

General Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
ll ower asleep on the sand, a thoosand mile frae onie hoose or hame. on page 11
nd that I wis in the desert a thoosand mile frae hoose or hame. Yet on page 12
aw a hoose that cost a hunder thoosand pund.' Syne they wad cry oot: on page 20
ion, sax hunder an twenty-twa thoosand, seeven hunder an thirty-ane. on page 45
ion, sax hunder an twenty-twa thoosand, seeven hunder an thirty-ane. on page 47
Also on pages 53, 58, 64, 68, 72, 74, 81, 82
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Grace, Reyzl Eemis Stane 2 - Late Efternuin in the Hermitage, (Eemis Stane 2023) Central, poetry
whaur white is a thoosand colours and aw else is bleach on page 6

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Clark, Thomas Animal Fairm, (Luath 2023 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Central, prose
bide on it? Naw, ma feres, a thoosand times naw! The sile o England on page 6

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Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
kenspeckle gangster chored a thoosand poonds oot o a bank and spent on page 28
! There must hae been aboot a thoosand o them on ilka waw, and anith on page 136
. In five seconds they were a thoosand fit up in the sky. on page 164

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Horsbroch, Dauvit Scots Warks - Uphaud an guidance for screivars, (Scots Language Centre 2015) Central, government
fae the same census, ower 300 thoosand Scots speakers haes reportit on page 6

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Travers, Martin A Nappie Lassie Blethers tae a Fritter, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, script
s an fuid. Buiry wi shame the thoosand year ae wirds bellochin aboot on page 4

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Eagle, Andy Lallans 62 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
that thare’s mair nor aicht thoosand airtifeecial objects birlin r
yird? Mair nor twa an a hauf-thoosand o thir is satellites aither a
neuk o the milky wey, athin a thoosand licht-year or sae, micht coud
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Falconer, Gavin Lallans 63 - Richt Scots an Pithy Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
in winna be muckle mair nor a thoosand copies for ilkane o fower vol
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Horsbroch, Dauvit Are The Onybody Ither?, (Scots Language Centre 2022) Central, blog
lear pouer it wad tak aboot a thoosand year tae win at Proxima, sae
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Robinson, Christine Lallans 70 - The Language o the Glasgow Unity Plays, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
smash hit and brocht in fower thoosand pound in five weeks at the Qu
wis seen by mair nor a hunner thoosand fowk jist in the first sax mo
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Fitt, Matthew Matthew Fitt: a word aboot 'bad' language, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, blog
t’s been aroond for aboot a thoosand years. So why dae they dae it
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Facebook link ( 2016) Central
cher] an drew crowds o ower a thoosand on several occasions tae his

Facebook link ( 2021) Central
peak tae crowds o mair than a thoosand.

Facebook link ( 2019) Central
ngregations wur mair than twa thoosand ... Ah kid ye nae. And tae da

@DABArbuckle tweeted
6 fowk. Will they be fined 10 thoosand each? Doot it ????(2020)

@ThonJacobite tweeted
gained the dizzy heights o' a thoosand followers. Tae some thats a d(2021)

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