A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

Concordance

The word 'thowt'

Use in varieties of Scots

Occurrences of thowt in Corpus

Orkney

Hall, Simon W. The Orkney Gruffalo, (Itchy Coo 2015 ISBN: 978-1785300066) Orkney, weans
an thowt, You'll feed me." on page I
A fox saa the moose an thowt, You'll feed me. on page 1
cattie-face saa the moose, an thowt, You'll feed me. on page 5
A snek saa the moose an thowt, You'll feed me. on page 9

4 matches

Baikie, R. M. Mair Fairming Tales, (Baikie 2000 ISBN: 978-0953156412) Orkney - Hackland, prose
is reluctant pipe. "Wae alwis thowt, thoo see's, that id wid be a on page 20
glazed ower for a meenit an I thowt he wis gaan tae go doon, for on page 21
Puir Jeemie thowt "Aam for id noo, on page 39
Wur Jeemie thowt 'id wis a ghost, on page 40
That he thowt wis a gok. on page 41
Also on pages 79
8 matches

Miller, Alison Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Orkney, poetry
And thowt aboot the jarls that biggit h on page 42
I thowt o David and his tailoreen on page 43

3 matches

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
I thowt there must be sometheen there on page 3
peedie bit discouraged fur I thowt I'd been quite good on page 8
aird tae aal me freends. They thowt hid wis right fine on page 9
'd and shuddered, till I fair thowt hid wid dee on page 12
spraggled in the gutter and I thowt that he wis dyan. on page 13
Also on pages 18, 20, 27, 30, 35, 41, 42, 43, 47, 50, 51, 52, 56, 58, 59, 60, 61, 67, 77
36 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
"Ya, but," says Eynar, "I thowt hid wis on page 13
wi only the nirt o the thowt o coman haem on page 17
dirl wi the new nummers: the thowt o paitrens on page 30
Sheu thowt thir'd be somtheen more, but on page 34
aeps the pot an disno waste a thowt. As Gunnie brattles oot, thir on page 40
Also on pages 42, 76, 83, 151, 155
11 matches

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
as I could - good enough, I thowt - on page 23

1 matches

Miller, Alison Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, prose
own. The GMB Fellowship Board thowt that a collection o wark fae on page 9
deal more fancy than ever you thowt on page 108

2 matches

Grieve, Ingrid Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
e toon. It wis giy heavy so I thowt I wid tak the peedie red Ferg on page 128
I thowt then I'd better maak mesell s on page 129

3 matches

Johnston, Barbara Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
'Hid's threshan better than I thowt, an mind on page 72
In jater ears I thowt aboot the cost tae haer. on page 101
i thowt hid wis ower on page 107

3 matches

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
before I thowt I kent no one, on page 27

1 matches

Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Ye thowt hid wis weet in the buddum. on page 62
So thowt eyed gae hid a queek swash. on page 104
I thowt hid wis him I saw at the ruck on page 146

3 matches

Hall, Simon W. The Boy That Lived - Chapter Wan, (Brisk Northerly 2015) Orkney, prose
As he drove tae the toon, he thowt o notheen but the muckle orde
od until dinner time, when he thowt he’d rax his legs an dander
e say sometheen tae them, but thowt better o it.
a complete stranger. He also thowt he haed nivver been caaled a
As he thowt, Mrs Dursley lukked gluffed a
9 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine An Excerpt From Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Future Fantasy, (The Bottle Imp 2019) Orkney, poetry
Mebbe the thowt o parents luntit performance.
1 matches

Facebook link (Orkney Reevlers 2017) Orkney
ght and soonds around me so I thowt wae could mibbe try gaetheran

Towrie, David Wirkin' the Tang - a dialect tale, (Orkneyjar 2010) Orkney, prose
akkin the boats oot, and they thowt that they wid hae tae gae ap
wae cunno be everywhar, they thowt, an if hids grand wather for
Hid seemed they aa thowt that everyeen should be at th
3 matches

@johnkmitchinson tweeted
been wantan tae speer whit ye thowt aboot Scots and Ulster Scots (2021) twitter link
belTongue wae @Historic_Ally. Thowt hid wis graet tae see (an hea (2020) twitter link

@peediepuss tweeted
hnkmitchinson Beuy, am nivver thowt aboot yin till this very meen (2021) twitter link
ken finely whit thoo means. I thowt lang fur 'ears an hid wis giy(2020)

Shetland

Mainland, Jim Archipelagos : Poems from Writing the North, (University of Edinburgh 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7486-9755-7) Shetland, poetry
t wis joost da wye at he, wha thowt he didna care, on page 28

1 matches