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The word 'threip'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
threipOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus10.83518
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 2.5 1 1
WCE - West Central 32.2 7 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 25 4 2
GLA - Glasgow 4.6 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 23.9 18 11
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)
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 threip in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

General Northern

McDonald, John Mou Her Name, (Evertype 2018 ISBN: 978-1782012054) Doric, poetry
angsyne A can hear sumthin, A threip, a papinjay, aiblins, bit Ye' on page 3
threip tae me on page 75

3 matches

(South) East Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 74 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
ent til. The mukkil, hinmaist threip o the audit is: ‘The Scotti
1 matches

West Central

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 76 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Central, prose
etaphors, A'd gang ferrer, an threip that ye dinna big a hous frae on page 3

1 matches

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
inside her stockins. 'Amanda Threip!' she belloched, "You, Amanda on page 106
nd and roond, and soon Amanda Threip wis traivellin that fast she on page 108

5 matches

Farrow, Kenneth D. Lallans 71 - Review - Auld Campaigner: A Life of Alexander Scott, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
coonterin o Iain Hamilton’s threip at ‘Lallans’ wes a made-u
1 matches

Edinburgh

Forde, Iain W D The Kirk, The Skuil, The Buik (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2007) Central, prose
uts bi the ignorant. Thai aye threip in on page 10

1 matches

Forde, Iain W D Traisur Insch (excerpt), (Fons Scotiae 2008) Central, prose
nivver poukit up the saul ti threip at him ti hae mair. Gif ivver on page 6

1 matches

Sneddon, Duncan Lallans 83 - Biggin Brigs – Nummer 3: Cornish, (Lallans Magazine 2013) Central, prose
Cornish population o 536,000) threip that they can spik it - thou on page 107
Whit dae we base wir threip that Scots ocht tae be suppor on page 108

2 matches

Glasgow

Durie, Nick Votin Seestems, (peffers50.freeserve 2003) Central - Glasgow, prose
at isna bauchilt wi hivin tae threip thair policies throch pairlia
1 matches

Ayrshire

Begg, James A. Alison's Jants in Ferlieland, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010845) Central, prose
her flamingo, an stertit tae threip on aboot the gemm, feelin gey on page 44

1 matches

General Central

Robertson, James Eemis Stane 2 - The Ploom, (Eemis Stane 2023) Central, poetry
and wantin bairns that daurna threip. on page 6

1 matches

Hershaw, William Lallans 102 - Editorial: Jean Tamson’s Bairns, (Lallans Magazine 2023) Central, prose
a airt and pairt, The editors threip that the form o Scots ye scri on page 5

1 matches

Macafee, Caroline Lallans 61 - Glesca dialeck i the modren warld, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
tter, no juist an ideological threip. The fack is that urban life on page 9

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
t a look in. For aw that, the threip o the owthors is that flumgum on page 110

1 matches

Law, John Lallans 56 - Editorial, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, prose
s. Nor dis the Editor want ti threip on his ain nories ti sic a le on page 4

1 matches

Tait, John M Lallans 63 - Expository Scots (2), (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
wad write ‘We will pit this threip forrit’ but in the past ten
the past tense ‘We pat this threip forrit’ an i the perfect te
t tense ‘We hae pitten this threip forrit.’ Seemilarly wi a fo
thae wha...’) sae ye coud threip at thir strynds is weel estai
4 matches

Falconer, Gavin Lallans 63 - Richt Scots an Pithy Scots, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
e rug oot fae unner its first threip that “Scots is a language
l cheinges fae the 1760s. The threip that Scots-influenced Inglish
he ither byleids o whit we aw threip is ae langage intae accoont?
ish Bible, sae thay winna can threip on aboot ony seemilarities.
4 matches

McClurg, Fernando Indytwa?, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
muivement onie mair that can threip tae pit the case for independ
1 matches

Sneddon, Alison Whit dae ye want “British vailues” tae mean?, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
aks claim til, an rejecks. We threip that the chairacter o Britain
1 matches

Seth-Smith, Niki Chynge o sum kind is comin either wey, but a vote tae leave wad empooer Europe’s faur richt, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
t – ironically for fowk wha threip they want chynge – thae fow
’ Tories, allooin thaim tae threip that their nationalistic, ant
2 matches

Wilson, Rab A centre of undeemous excellence fir Scots leid, (The National 2017) Central, newspaper
educated craiturs that ayewis threip oan Twitter that thair is nae
1 matches

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