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The word 'bloom'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
bloomOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus8.42821
ORK - Orkney
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
TON - Tonge
NNB - North Northern B (Caithness)
NNA - North Northern A (Black Isle)
MNA - Mid Northern A 6.5 2 2
MNB - Mid Northern B
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.5 1 1
DOR - General Northern 22.2 5 1
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 2
WCE - West Central
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 12.4 2 1
GLA - Glasgow 10 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 6.6 5 5
SEA - South East (Borders) 48.4 4 3
SWE - South West (Galloway) 13.9 1 1
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 28.4 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of bloom in Corpus

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Shetland

De Luca, Christine Lallans 58 - seiven poems bi Christine de Luca, (Lallans Magazine 2001) Shetland, poetry
Let a thoosand flooers bloom on page 19

1 matches

Mid Northern A

Fairbairn, Jamie The Press and Journal (Inverness, Highlands, and Islands) - Doric Corner, (DC Thomson 2024) Doric - Banff, newspaper
rlin's sang nor see e flax in bloom on page 37

1 matches

@JamieFairbairn1 tweeted
n's song nor seen the flax in bloom, For they’re aye cooped up i (2020) twitter link

Aberdeen

Benzie, Lesley Fessen Reared, (Seahorse 2020 ISBN: 978-1916214538) Doric, poetry
an the bloom o her belly an thighs on page 33

1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
Foxglove in bloom, it looks sae braw.
1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
Trees in bloom tae me they appeal.
Trees in bloom bonny an green.
ine tae see the trees in full bloom again
afore the flooers came intae bloom, tae say the least they were
4 matches

(South) East Central

Waddell, John Halesome Farin, (iUniverse 2004 ISBN: 978-0595330119) Central - Perth, poetry
Let nae flooer bloom. Let nae bird sing.
the floors wir iver fu o bloom
2 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 117, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
Poor things! poor things! you bloom, blowze, flirt, and flash on
1 matches

Dundee

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
they, still had the beautiful bloom o yung womanhood on them. Awb on page 97

1 matches

Edinburgh

McKillop, Roger The Flemings o’ Dalnoid, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Edinburgh, poetry
Will bloom, never mair.
Tae strong, mature, bloom.
2 matches

Glasgow

Bennett, Peter TA Hauf an a Hauf, (ABCTales.com 2020) Central - Glasgow, prose
o than it does in full summer bloom. At least the overgrown, fros
1 matches

Eunson, Catherine Freude, (The Scores 2020) Central, poetry
Peer loon, his bloom wis birsilt and blackened fae
1 matches

General Central

Donovan, Anne Gone are the Leaves, (ISIS 2014 ISBN: 978-1445099262) Central, prose
osted, but still alive and in bloom. on page 3

1 matches

Robertson, James The Sleekit Mr Tod, (Itchy Coo 2008 ISBN: 978-1845021986) Central, weans
And will soon stert tae bloom on page 74

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
scart the bloom fae the gean trees on page 46

1 matches

Hodgson, Brent Lallans 67 - Reviews, (Lallans Magazine 2005) Central, prose
In rain, headlamps bloom chrysantheum on page 91

1 matches

Thoumire, Elizabeth Three days in October, (Mak Forrit 2018) Central - Edinburgh, blog
quets o flouers burstin intae bloom than reflectit on the watter;
1 matches

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
A rose noo in fu' bloom on page 22

1 matches

Purves, David Jade Lute, (SCOTS Corpus 2003) Southern - Selkirk, poetry
flouers ir in bloom, he is lyke
in bloom, tae. Ilka day he
2 matches

@jamie_ginger tweeted
urn ti selkirk when the roses bloom again. #intherain #yetagain(2012)

South West (Galloway)

Paterson, Stuart A. Wheen: New and Collected Poems, (Ulster-Scots Community Network 2023 ISBN: 978-1838480431) Central, poetry
Aik aipples owre aw braes in bloom on page 38

1 matches

General Ulster

Ferguson, Roy Rhymes frae Rathfrilan: A Wheen o Poames, (self-published 2022 ISBN: 979-8796193099) Ulster, poetry
An insignificant bloom? on page 26

1 matches

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