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Use in varieties of Scots

bloomin Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words9.3 3.5 31.5 9.9 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences307 21 1 0 0 1
Number of authors12 5 5 1 1

Occurrences of bloomin in Corpus

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Central

Pennie, Len Poyums, (Canongate Books 2024 ISBN: 978-1805301387) Central - Aberdeen, poetry
A ken it feels lit bruises bloomin in ablow yer skin, on page 21

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785301834) Central, weans
'I CANNAE SMELL A BLOOMIN THING.'' on page 20

1 matches

Evie OOR WULLIE’S SEASON’S GREET, (Largs Writers Group 2015) Central - Largs, prose
. Ma ain. Aye, kicked it that bloomin hard that Ah hud tae go tae A
. Too bad Ah didnae miss that bloomin bucket!
2 matches

Haddow, Kris Haud the Bus - Where Dae Ye Catch the Bus Tae Sarajevo?, (The Wee Paper 2022) Central, prose
d A’ve still got that silly bloomin choon gaun roon and roon in m
Hurry the bloomin bus tae Sarajevo…
2 matches

Connor, Bailey A SCOTS HORROR STORY, (Scots Hoose 2021) Central, weans
She wis a calendula bloomin in the wintertime, a wee rid
1 matches

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
Her bloomin falsers snapped in twa She ra on page 15

6 matches

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
It's a bloomin disgrace. on page 52

1 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Aye an it rains the hale bloomin day ana.
Pits a body richt aff their bloomin stotter.
e hae naething tae dee wi the bloomin thing. It wis the
an jist widnae come past the bloomin thing". Hazel thocht for a
"Nae bloomin rose bush is gaun tae beat me
5 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
Bloomin stuff is swear tae gaun awa.
answer, far the heck wis the bloomin wifie. Of coorse time waits f
loudly." Nae bloomin war correspondents in ninetee
rug an tug, the bloomin things jist widnae shift up n
u are at the hospital get his bloomin heid tested as weel."
5 matches

Blackhall, Sheena Minnie, (Scots Language Centre 2004) Doric, prose
hs, the wild fite rose wad be bloomin, and the lea rigs wad be fill
en,' he leuch, fur Minnie wis bloomin, shod in thick leather button
2 matches

Facebook link (Doric Scots Books an Poems 2022) Doric - Aberdeen
it came fly time they wid be bloomin' fine

McDonald, Charlie , (Facebook 2022) Doric - Aberdeen, poetry
it came fly time they wid be bloomin' fine
1 matches

Orkney

Butler, Vera Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
For fifty bloomin years on page 130

1 matches

Ulster

Dornan, Stephen Tha Jaa Banes, (Ulster-Scots Academy 2020 ISBN: 978-1-9163758-1-9) Ulster - Comber, poetry
Through tha bloomin yella whun A gaed on page 19

1 matches

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