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The word 'thurd'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
thurdOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.4188
ORK - Orkney 9.9 1 1
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
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.4 1 1
WCE - West Central 13.3 3 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow 5.1 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 1.3 1 1
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 40 4 2
SYN - Synthetic (no region) 127.2 7 1

Occurrences of thurd in Corpus

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Orkney

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
Hat, Mrs Cook o the Ha is in thurd and The Big Tall Wife Fae the on page 87

1 matches

(South) East Central

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
Tristan, it claims a thurd: we'll can win throu. on page 39

1 matches

West Central

Shoor Caan, Angus Afore we hud ri telly, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Saltcoats, prose
ri phone in, “ris'll bey ri thurd tum a'v been doon rer ri day.
1 matches

Shoor Caan, Angus Coont Thum: A hunner an' oad McLimericks, (self-published 2012 ISBN: 978-1480242425) Central - Ardrossan, poetry
Bit she could mibbe manage a thurd.
Bit the wee sweetheart ran in thurd
2 matches

Glasgow

Sayers, Ross Daisy on the Outer Line, (Gob Stopper (Cranachan) 2020 ISBN: 978-1911279778) Central - Glasgow, prose
If this wis a fulm, thurd be a record scratch and the m on page 21

1 matches

General Central

@Angela1Sinclair tweeted
in pal. Mup. Aboot tae hae ma thurd cuppy coaffe. Jis wee cups, n(2020)

General Ulster

North South Ministerial Council Twa Thoosan an Six - Twalmond Fynnin, (Ullans Speakers Association 2007) Ulster, government
* Sillerin wus aisit tae thurd-heicht Dominie Lairnin on page 3

3 matches

Crozier, Ian Recomendations fer an Ulster-Scots plen fer oor leid, heirskeip an’ culture, (communities-ni.gov.uk 2022) Ulster, government
re's mich potential fer mair. Thurd, historically the on page 40

1 matches

Synthetic (no region)

Ulster-Scots Language Society Tha Fower Gospels, (Ullans Press 2016 ISBN: 978-1-905281-25-1) Ulster, prose
an be ris up tae life on tha thurd day. Petér tuk hïm tae tha on page 9
tae deith an be ris up on tha thurd day." on page 85
eel. Stïll nae weans. An tha thurd merries hir, an ïn tha same on page 104
¯m!" Pilate sayed tae thaim a thurd time, "Why, whut wrang haes h on page 109
men tae be crucyfied, an tha thurd day rise agane'?" "Ay, richt on page 111
Also on pages 112
7 matches

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