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Use in varieties of Scots

blur Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.2 3.5 3 19.9 5.8 10.3 3.9
Number of occurrences147 2 2 1 1 1
Number of authors13 6 2 2 1 1 1

Occurrences of blur in Corpus

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Central

Kay, Billy Born In Kyle, (Burnawn Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-9993309-4-1) Central - Kyle, prose
e rest o the Circus is jist a blur in ma heid - some jougiers, on page 23

1 matches

Johnstone, Shane The Gods of Frequency, (Arkbound 2020 ISBN: 978-1912092826) Central, prose
ough the island In a confused blur. Iona n' me ur grumpy, wir ey on page 3

2 matches

Clark, Thomas The Boggin Beginnin, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303524) Central, weans
mannie's coupon turnt intae a blur. "You listen tae me, wee man, on page 90

1 matches

Morton, Elaine Lallans 71 - The Concreit Bouer, (Lallans Magazine 2007) Central, prose
grey horizon ayont the movin blur o sea.
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Clyde Built, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
llway tae the door. A shadowy blur moves aboot behind the froste
1 matches

Donovan, Anne Hieroglyphics and Other Stories - All that Glistens, (Canongate 2004 ISBN: 1841955191) Central, prose
and the days inbetween were a blur of folk comin an goin, of mak
1 matches

Doric

Gilbert, Jo Tales Fae The Doric Side - A hame is a hame is a hame, is it nae?, (Doric Books 2023 ISBN: 978-1-8384939-6-7) Doric, poetry
Aa come fae the kaleidoscopic blur o the 90s, on page 34

1 matches

Thom, Bill The Quait Chiel, (Tapsalteerie 2013 ISBN: 9780992663100) Doric - Banff, poetry
A blur his trams were gaan at noo - on page 17

1 matches

Orkney

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
Aal else is blur. on page 27

1 matches

Bruce, Lorraine Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
thun a blur on page 18

1 matches

Shetland

Fraser, Barbara Aye Someane Deid, Aye Someane Boarn, (Shetland Times 2021 ISBN: 978-1910997437) Shetland, prose
Christmas moarnin passed in a blur. Everywye shü lookit shü sa on page 30

1 matches

Southern

@StuartPoet tweeted
@Tam__Jardine It's aw a blur noo but happy days, daze.(2020) search twitter

Ulster

King, Angeline Dusty Bluebells Scots Edition, (Leschenault Press 2022 ISBN: 978-1922670540) Ulster - Larne, prose
but cud see nocht but a vague blur o features imprinted on a wil on page 58

1 matches

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