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The word 'thoroughly'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
thoroughlyOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.71211
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness) 35.2 1 1
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 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 12.5 2 1
GLA - Glasgow 9.1 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 4 3 3
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
SWE - South West (Galloway)
DUL - Donegal (East Donegal)
WUL - West Ulster (Letterkenny / L'Derry)
CUL - Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim) 31.4 1 1
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 thoroughly in Corpus

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Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
Apollo thoroughly bored o me lookin at da flora(2014)

North Northern B (Caithness)

Byrne, Catherine Alice's Mishanters in e Land o Farlies, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010609) Doric - Caithness, prose
For he can thoroughly enjoy on page 57

1 matches

West Central

Alston, Connor THE BLACK-EYED CHILDREN OF SCOTLAND, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
he dawrk ages”. He wis also thoroughly drookit. So Jim opent the dai
1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
ambles!” ranted Callum, noo thoroughly warmed up tae his task. “Th
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Music, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
nfer 40 years in Education, A thoroughly disabused masel’ o’ this
1 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
Fir he kin thoroughly enjoay on page 60

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
"Oohyafuckin!" I exclaim, an thoroughly shyte masel. A tingle flood'n on page 3

1 matches

General Central

@Chazzbat tweeted
Ah thoroughly enjoyed #EnolaHolmes. @Millie(2020)

@DABArbuckle tweeted
te shair yer constituents are thoroughly ashamed tae hae ye(2020)

@ThonJacobite tweeted
te shair yer constituents are thoroughly ashamed tae hae ye(2020)

South East (Borders)

Halfpenny, Cameron Ahlice's Adveenturs in Wunderlaant, (Evertype 2015 ISBN: 978-1782010876) Southern - Borders, prose
For hei can thoroughly enjoy on page 59

1 matches

Coleraine Ulster (North Antrim)

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
Fur hae can thoroughly enjoy on page 60

1 matches

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