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Use in varieties of Scots

bleak Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words7.5 7.7 6 19.9 5.8 0 8.9
Number of occurrences2415 4 2 1 0 2
Number of authors18 11 3 1 1 2

Occurrences of bleak 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.

Central

Harvey, Tracy Anne Lallans 90 - The Missus, (Lallans Magazine 2017) Central, poetry
An wi it ma fear o future bleak, on page 16

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Begg, James A. The Man's the Gowd for A' That, (Carn Publishing 2012 ISBN: 978-0956755049) Central, prose
er acres o puir hill gress an bleak peat hags, haudin nae mair no on page 25

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Calder, Bob Lallans 56 - Greenfield the Name O The Pit, (Lallans Magazine 2000) Central, poetry
Ilk bield's bleak, the few trees leafless, on page 107

1 matches

Neill, Josie Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009) Central - Galloway, poetry
Ma bleak luik on him
1 matches

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
an bleak as ye suppose,
It's no like some bleak Hielan ben
The nicht is bleak, the nicht is black,
3 matches

Clark, Sara Indyref 2: Aulder, Wiser, Kinder, (Bella Caledonia 2018) Central, blog
pyne when she read aboot the bleak futur o her kintrae in the Da
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Heather, Alistair Trains approachin?, (Mak Forrit 2017) Central - Angus, blog
, anither Cairngorms, anither bleak wasteland that ance supportit
1 matches

Bennett, Peter The Sacrificial Doo, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
n, like a sentry post in some bleak, dystopian landscape. A solit
1 matches

McKillop, Roger The Staff, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Edinburgh, prose
In frozen bleak environs,
1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
ery gairden, which aye leukit bleak an deid, excep whaur a gleg e
1 matches

Heather, Alistair Tartan Tourism nae mair, (The Herald 2018) Central, newspaper
that skelp doon aff the great bleak saddle o Glenshee that lours
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@kennethbryce184 tweeted
is a shocker likes - its as bleak as feck n the floodlights r d (2020) twitter link

Doric

Lawrie, Alistair Caal Cries, (Drunk Muse Press 2023 ISBN: 978-1399964678) Doric - Stonehaven, poetry
far Bothwell shaks bleak Hermitage's nieve at aabody o on page 10

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
n life wi enjoyed: Ah see the bleak beauty o the Buchan fairmlan on page 48

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Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Throo bleak on desolate Rannoch Moor.
1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
Cauld an bleak Sooth win dis blaw,
1 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
oot her, seems aafal bare and bleak. on page 33
Theirs wis a bleak existence, sheu wis weel awar on page 35

2 matches

Shetland

@HazelTindall tweeted
@dlawso17 @Rua2000 Anidder bleak day for da nort mainland.(2020) search twitter

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
A dandered aff through mony bleak on page 28

1 matches

Spence, Laura Tha Thoarn Tree, (Ullans Magazine 2013) Ulster, prose
she saa growein thur oan tha bleak muirlan, a beautifu wile rose
1 matches

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