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The word 'gruesome'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
gruesomeOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus5.31714
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 11.6 2 2
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 3.3 1 1
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 4.4 1 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central 23 5 2
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 4 3 3
SEA - South East (Borders) 12.5 1 1
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 gruesome in Corpus

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Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
. Wir bairns used tae gaze in gruesome fascination at da minute skel on page 91

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@helenmoncrieff tweeted
Casino's wound lookin a bit gruesome but amazing tailoring thanks (2017)

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena The Quarry, (Lochlands 2007) Doric, prose
uttit frae lug tae lug like a gruesome smile. Aroon that time, wird
1 matches

General Northern

Philip, George Luikin Back, (Jas Gaesham 2008 ISBN: 978-1804250396) Doric, prose
ma mither she thocht it wis a gruesome thing tae haev deen. on page 6

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(South) East Central

Townsley, Jane Joe's Cloud an Ither Stuff, (lulu.com 2014 ISBN: 978-1326001612) Central - Perth, prose
They teeth look gruesome. Could ye mebbe sew its lips on page 66

1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 119, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
r the poet's residency an the gruesome things she's seen whan she wi
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West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
oo tae block her lugs tae the gruesome soond o the dreided box. She on page 32
She'd naethin tae dae wi thon gruesome craitur in the gless. As sure on page 156
slitter its contents ower the gruesome Heidie and onybody wha could on page 161
' Miss Honey said. 'It's unco gruesome. But in the end ah got that f on page 192

4 matches

Kirk Jn, Albert Whit, (albertkirkjr.com 2022) Central - Aryshire, blog
Aw aboot antercasts gruesome aheid
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Edinburgh

Smith, Jamie Animal Ferm: Chapters I to III, (Mak Forrit 2021) Central, prose
ear. Oo maun aa come tae that gruesome end — nowt, swine, hens, sh
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Glasgow

Durie, Nick The Best o the Baith o Thaim, (The Sair Fecht 2016) Central, blog
ds o the people will get ower gruesome ower fast, but A’se warrant
1 matches

General Central

Morning, Carey Neeps and Tatties, (self-published 2020) Central, weans
It cast a gruesome doolsome shade. on page 21

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Milne, W. S. Lallans 78 - Mary, Queen o Scotland, Pairt I, (Lallans Magazine 2011) Central, script
a merriage? It was a gruesome deith's feast! on page 35

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Scots Language Center Crackin aboot politics, (Scots Language Centre 2020) Central, blog
claration – comin efter the gruesome Warld Weir II (1939-1945) –
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South East (Borders)

@MartyMacMurtrie tweeted
od53 Have see that in museum! Gruesome sight, Ahm tellin ye!(2020)