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Use in varieties of Scots

blunt Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words2.8 1.5 4.5 0 11.6 10.3 0
Number of occurrences93 3 0 2 1 0
Number of authors9 3 3 2 1

Occurrences of blunt in Corpus

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Central

Purdie, David C. Lallans 61 - The Mass Jack, (Lallans Magazine 2002) Central, prose
bottom hinge o a door wi the blunt eyn o his aix, whan PING! - on page 86

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Hodgart, John Scots Language Act: Oor weans hae richt tae see mither tung respectit, (The National 2021) Central - North Ayrshire, newspaper
linguistic racism tae be mair blunt aboot it, but the dowie thing
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Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
She splittert. That wis a gey blunt question.
1 matches

Doric

Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - The mornin o the waddin, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
Aa'd love tae be blunt. Flick ma hauns towards the m on page 98

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Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
t o bairns can be fair oot an blunt Or ye ken o't ye're hittin th on page 15

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Strachan, Shane DWAMS, (Tapsalteerie 2024 ISBN: 978-1916214880) Doric, poetry
or blunt guillotine. on page 25

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Shetland

De Luca, Christine Parallel Worlds: Poems in Shetlandic and English, (Luath 2005 ISBN: 978-1905222131) Shetland, poetry
wi sharp calaphine, me wi blunt wirds - time on page 86

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Ratter, Peter Da Perishin Nort, (Young Shetland Writer 2010) Shetland, prose
in oot o a burst pipe. Tae be blunt, John looked lik a gret glaik
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Southern

Rodger, Matt The Borth’ick Waitter, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Roxburgh, prose
state Manager, wis bi naitir; blunt, ae bit coorse an tae the pyn
1 matches

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