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Use in varieties of Scots

boredom Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.3 6.7 4.5 0 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences1713 3 0 0 0 1
Number of authors12 9 2 1

Occurrences of boredom 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

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
Boredom cam on as he rested there on page 12

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 59 - In Dispraise o Eden, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
O boredom fit ti turn Man thief on page 91

1 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
Tae kill the boredom in between ma races ah've dec on page 36
k it's a mindset hing wae the boredom n that, ken? Started oan the on page 143

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
Apairt fae the boredom o bein stuck on the ice wi na on page 37

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
ah pure nearly fell asleep wi boredom. on page 69

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Hamethocts, (Evertype 2010 ISBN: 978-1782012399) Central, poetry
O boredom fit tae turn Man thief on page 53

1 matches

Tindal, Betty Lallans 67 - Two poems by Betty Tindal, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central - Dumfries, poetry
or deein o boredom in a box-bed, on page 129

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 59 - In Dispraise o Eden, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Central, poetry
O boredom fit ti turn Man thief on page 91

1 matches

McMillan, Hugh Whit If? Scotland's History as it Micht Hiv Bin, (Luath 2021 ISBN: 9781910022900) Central, poetry
unnert years o intolerance an boredom. An Glencoe! Whit massacre? W on page 45

1 matches

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
she dovert ower, stupefied wi boredom.
lunatics wha pitched ower wi boredom gin there wis nae daith-defyi
2 matches

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
r, im nearly at the limits of boredom so I feel your pain ??(2020) search twitter

Doric

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
o decoratin jobs tee. If the boredom disna kill ma, it'll bi 'deat on page 86

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric: Alive an Kickin 2, (Argo Publishing 2006 ISBN: 978-0954615321) Doric - Inverurie, prose
bring: blessed relief fae the boredom, loneliness an pain. on page 48

1 matches

Vettese, Raymond Lallans 59 - Raymond Vettese : nineteen poems, (Lallans Magazine 2004) Doric - Montrose, poetry
the garrulous ego that maks o boredom
1 matches

Ulster

Robinson, Philip Tae a Virus, (no publisher recorded 2020) Ulster, poetry
Tha boredom surely will set in,
1 matches

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