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The word 'thicker'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
thickerOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus3.6128
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 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 2.6 1 1
WCE - West Central 4.4 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh
GLA - Glasgow
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 10.5 8 4
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 thicker in Corpus

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Aberdeen

Pacitti, Stephen Lallans 77 - Anither Time, Anither Place, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
rumped in. The snaa wis faain thicker an faster than ivver, an ther on page 32

1 matches

General Northern

@72redz1903 tweeted
s may be, but, the wedge gets thicker. Easy tae say, but, dinna let (2020) twitter link

(South) East Central

McDowell, Diane Drummond (Ma's Bairns), (Independently Published 2021 ISBN: 979-8592734588) Central, prose
hare war bairns thare wha war thicker than him? Whan she thocht abo on page 1

1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
ential. It wis mibbe a bittie thicker than she wanted, but the wech on page 204

1 matches

General Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
raitur, he said at last. "Nae thicker nor a finger...' on page 60

1 matches

Robertson, James The Hoose at Pooh's Neuk, (Itchy Coo 2010 ISBN: 978-1845022945) Central, weans
nd the heicher they gaed, the thicker grew the haar, sae that Teege on page 108

1 matches

Horsbroch, Dauvit A gang-roond oor Sun Grid, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
lt awa an the atmosphere grew thicker. The kenspeckles o Venus is i
1 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 74 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2009) Central, prose
needs, an that beuk is gettin thicker an thicker. But it’s no jui
an thicker. But it’s no juist that beu
ist that beuk that’s gettin thicker an thicker. Aw information in
an thicker. Aw information ingaithert by
4 matches

Eagle, Andy Lallans 62 - Stravaigin the Wab, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, prose
an the planet haed a guid bit thicker atmosphere, but the day, an a
1 matches

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