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Use in varieties of Scots

stark Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words10.3 11.8 3 19.9 5.8 41.3 4.4
Number of occurrences3323 2 2 1 4 1
Number of authors23 15 2 2 1 3 1

Occurrences of stark in Corpus

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Central

Mc, Keeks Contermacious Temerity, (Dreich 2023 ISBN: 978-1-873-412190) Central, poetry
a stark feelin o meestry on page 11
Thase stark thouchts are hou wir taucht on page 47

2 matches

Hubbard, Tom The Flechitorium, (Grace Note 2017 ISBN: 9781907676932) Central - East Central, poetry
ut ower the haze, there rises stark Thon eldritch Norrie's Law. on page 15

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Accent O the Mind, (Luath 2006 ISBN: 978-1905222322) Central - New Cumnock, poetry
Stark choices made fir the faimily' on page 15
A warld awa frae war's stark commotion, on page 20
That Arnold Kemp lies stark an cold on page 45
In the cauld stark glare o the neon licht on page 51

4 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
frae her whan their wings are stark on page 9
Mair stark than mountain-thrawin faith. on page 12

2 matches

Monahan Brown, Ricky Eemis Stane 1 - The Mindin, (Eemis Stane 2022) Central, prose
an scrauchles awa. Smit by a stark sense o déjà vécu, he drap on page 9

1 matches

Cameron, Peter Lallans 59 - Yowdendrift / Gin I Kent, (Lallans Magazine 2021) Central, poetry
Stark hert, gang furth. on page 139

1 matches

Perrie, Walter Lallans 73 - The Tod an the Stoat, (Lallans Magazine 2008) Central, poetry
Stark puirtith, pestilence an war on page 54

1 matches

Wilson, Rab Lallans 62 - Cormilligan, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Central, poetry
Stark choices made fir the faimlyâ€
A warld awa frae war’s stark commotion,
2 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
it's stark an bare
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Liberties (Part One), (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
p, pristine an immaculate, in stark contrast tae the interior ay
1 matches

McKillop, Roger Ma Heroes o' Sport, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
rugby, played aw' dreich an' stark,
1 matches

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
ot echteen haunds hie, and as stark as ony twa ordinar horse pitt
ise ower his ain ilk. Waik or stark, glaikit or wice, oo’r aa b
2 matches

Durie, Nick The Best o the Baith o Thaim, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
hyce they face lichtit noo in stark terms: Scotland. Or the Torie
1 matches

Heather, Alistair Tak tent o the Cabrach, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
s back tae its hame. It wis a stark mindin that wi the fowk hae g
1 matches

Gillespie, Alan Mon the Rovers, (Scottish Book Trust 2021) Central, prose
both they games got played at Stark's Park. So I didnay see what
1 matches

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
ess of who is to blame - the stark reality is - covid 2 is as g (2020) twitter link

Doric

Stewart, Del Tales Fae The Doric Side - Seaforth Road, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
stark as the day he wis born, on page 70

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@72redz1903 tweeted
ls in terms of racism etc are stark. But, my point is that everyd (2020) twitter link

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
n Stronsay - they're standan stark and white. on page 48

1 matches

Giles, Harry Josephine Deep Wheel Orcadia: A Novel, (Picador 2021 ISBN: 978-1529066609) Orkney, poetry
Lights, taegither, sweys in a stark straik ower the lip o sight, on page 53

1 matches

Shetland

Jamieson, Robert Alan Swiet Haar, (Abersee Press 2017) Shetland, poetry
stød still an stark on page 16

1 matches

Southern

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Stand stark agin the sky on page 8
Jack Frost, stark, dazzling bright on page 38

2 matches

Wilson, Rab Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Southern - Dumfries, poetry
Festooned wi warnins stark an stern States 'Ramblers: Ta on page 213

1 matches

The Westender Mairchers did oor toon prood, (The Hawick Paper 2007) Southern, newspaper
recent times hev served es a stark reminder that the list o' nam
1 matches

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
d intae semi-circles, lips as stark as the red tie on the man wit on page 1

1 matches

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