Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'thousans'

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Use in varieties of Scots

thousans	Occurrences normalised per million words	Occurrences	Authors
Total Corpus	7.2	24	5
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	13.3	3	1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee	85	8	1
EDN - Edinburgh	6.2	1	1
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire	96.1	9	1
LAL - General Central
SEA - South East (Borders)	25	2	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 thousans in Corpus

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General Northern

Murdoch, Steve Lallans 63 - A keik at the Swedish game o bandy, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
el kent tae scholars the day. Thousans upon thousans mair gaed tae s
upon thousans mair gaed tae serve in the Sw
n here in this war there were thousans o Gaels an ither Scots at wui
3 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
e notion o a nation state fer thousans o years eftir the place wis f on page 100

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
in on an aroun Dundee Law fer thousans o years, an that it his aye b on page 10
that there wuid be hunners an thousans o jobs - fer men - fer year on page 46
Nou yon drill bits cost thousans o dollars an this wis a bit o on page 48
en the need o the dockers for thousans o calories there wis nae uise on page 56
stories hae lastit fer tens o thousans o years in ither pairts o the on page 80
Also on pages 128
7 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D Swallae and Amethyst (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2016 ISBN: 978-0-9574164-1-3) Central, prose
buddie els did. The hunners o thousans at redit hir buiks juist kent on page 4

1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
hegither, in their hunners an thousans, tae the conventicles; praisi on page 26
endit by the pairish folk; an thousans wad defy the prelates an brin on page 27
days, dispensin Communion tae thousans o guid honest Christian folk. on page 28
s, an touns, there were still thousans Prepared tae staun up - an d on page 39
ower forty year syne by mony thousans o Scots folk - baith noble a on page 51
Also on pages 58, 63, 81
9 matches

South East (Borders)

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
thousans o year thay ligg athout awauk
an goave at the thousans o outlin sterns
2 matches