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The word 'throo'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
throoOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus38.61287
ORK - Orkney 39.7 4 2
SHD - Shetland
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 114.4 35 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 21 2 1
DOR - General Northern 381.2 86 2
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central
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 throo in Corpus

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Orkney

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Rap at the door, peer throo the windows on page 22
guided us throo the movements, on page 26

3 matches

Grieve, Issy Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
The reapir blades slash throo dry golden stalks, on page 95

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Morrison, Gordon Thi Lyfe An Tyme's O An Enshoar Loon, (Authorhouse 2006 ISBN: 978-1425955397) Doric - Boddam, prose
er et his Ripper Line wid run throo so as nay tae weer on thi gun on page 3
teen aff we thi ween. We weis throo thi gait's an entae thi licht on page 4
a cast, broke free an loupit throo mid air an landit on Muskcy's on page 6
up tae thi reef, proseeden on throo thi reef, fyle Baggy's tryen on page 9
s he cood turn Sooth tae gein throo thi gutter, bit aw eis laad's on page 12
Also on pages 17, 18, 26, 37, 38, 46, 48, 49, 51, 53, 55, 56, 61, 68
35 matches

Aberdeen

Morrison Murray, Harold Doric, Historic and Humorous, (Peters and Sons 2024) Doric, poetry
y a gallon o' petrol has gone throo yer tank on page 11

2 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Affa cauld as it blaws throo rain,
Frost dis loup oot throo the nicht,
Day bides dry throo tae nicht,
Wis affa wild oot throo the nicht,
Win chill cuts throo tae the been,
39 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
Blawin throo sleet an sometimes hail.
Frost dis loup oot throo the nicht,
Out throo the nicht a fer sup rain,
Fae the start o the day throo tae nicht,
Fer sup rain oot throo the nicht,
45 matches

Devlin, Edwin The School Dentist 1969, (Facebook 2020) Doric, prose
Ah went throo tae the livin room and sat do
Come throo for yer supper shouted ma mam
2 matches

Glasgow

Clark, Thomas Alice's Adventirs in Wunnerlaun, (Evertype 2014 ISBN: 978-1782010708) Central, prose
in the boat hauf-hidden away throo-oot the text ae the book, whi on page v

1 matches

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