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The word 'bored'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
boredOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus14.74834
ORK - Orkney 39.7 4 3
SHD - Shetland 5.8 1 1
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 131 1 1
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen 10.9 1 1
DOR - General Northern 35.5 8 5
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 5.1 2 2
WCE - West Central 36.8 8 4
DUN - Dundee 10.6 1 1
EDN - Edinburgh 12.5 2 2
GLA - Glasgow 9.1 2 2
AYR - Ayrshire 13.1 1 1
LAL - General Central 14.6 11 8
SEA - South East (Borders)
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) 131.3 4 1
GUL - General Ulster 14.1 1 1
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of bored in Corpus

In order to avoid violating copyright law and abide by 'fair use', only up to the first five occurrences of the search term are displayed for each article.

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
hen life is ower aisy, we get bored and in a rut - on page 44
ays - they wir plainly aafal bored on page 59

2 matches

Cormack, Kevin Toonie Void, (Abersee Press 2022) Orkney, poetry
BOWIE bored intae his fore-erm on page 12

1 matches

Norquoy, Greer Gousters, Glims and Veerie-orums, (Orkney Voices 2021 ISBN: 9780956661661) Orkney, poetry
twa days later sheu got a bit bored on page 115

1 matches

Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
Apollo thoroughly bored o me lookin at da flora o roa(2014)

Mid Northern A

Blackhall, Sheena Jessie the Jumbo And other Bairn Tales in Scots, (Smashwords 2014) Doric - Aberdeen, weans
et their nebs in their tails, bored thirsels inno the oo, an
1 matches

Mid Northern B

Crawford, Jack The Pluffer, (Scots Hoose 2020) Doric - Forres, prose
scated". I wis sat in history bored oot me nut sat there speekin
1 matches

Aberdeen

McDonald, Charlie , (Facebook 2022) Doric, poetry
Niver wir we bored wi' nothing tae dee
1 matches

General Northern

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
d wye sayin. "You ken i'm fer bored,
1 matches

McGregor, Iain Lallans 76 - Wullie’s Wife: The Hoaspital Veisit, (Lallans Magazine 2010) Doric, prose
heer aside iz bed. A git awfy bored jist sittin dain nowt, bit it
1 matches

The Mannie Fae Unco The Diary o a Feel at the Skweel, (unco.scot 2021) Doric, prose
ime gid on I got mair an mair bored wi thes till ae necht we the
1 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
r average SPFL boss - We’re bored of Del (2021) twitter link
is that a lot o Dons fans are bored wi McInnes. The extension dea (2020) twitter link

@Franwella tweeted
@LouiseNicol am really bored hee hee. I hav wine - u fanc(2011)
am now seriously bored. Think i shall go tae bed as (2011)

(South) East Central

Forrest, Liam Hittin the Toon, (Scots Hoose 2020) Central - Dunfermline, prose
probly happened when they got bored so they went in the club tae
1 matches

Fairnie, Robert Scots Tung WITTINS Nummer 114, (self-published 2003) Central - Musselburgh, newspaper
life. Like Jimmy when he wis bored at the retreat an cuid only t
1 matches

West Central

Donovan, Anne Matilda In Scots, (Itchy Coo 2019 ISBN: 978-1785302350) Central, weans
're wi her, ye jist cannae be bored. Ah luve it. on page 226

1 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
they wee chairs aw day gettin bored oot ma nut. It sounds stupit on page 141
is epilepsy) an then they got bored stoatin aboot the streets a P on page 169

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Wilson, Lucy Lock Doon, (Greenock Telegraph 2021) Central - Greenock, poetry
I’m bored in the hoose, just want tae l
1 matches

Philips, Cally Wha's feart o' the library?, (McStorytellers.com 2016) Central - Turriff, prose
upit ah reckon, bit if ah wis bored an’ somewan cam up wi’ a
1 matches

Philips, Cally Jings, crivens, help ma Boab, it’s independence!, (McStorytellers.com 2013) Central - Turriff, prose
cus ah hink he wis gettin’ bored o’ the ‘He’s Oor Wullie
1 matches

Dundee

Thomson, Mark Bard fae thi buildin site, (Luath 2007 ISBN: 978-1906307141) Central - Dundee, poetry
an shi nivir leaves me bored. on page 67

1 matches

Edinburgh

Kurtoglu, Wulf Braken Fences, (Caroline Macafee 2011 ISBN: B006JE3UQW) Central, prose
her for a wee, till they got bored an returnt tae thair ain crac
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 2, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
many sins. Fur years she’s bored me tae tears wae the same rou
1 matches

Glasgow

McQueer, Chris Hings - Short Stories 'n That, (404 Ink 2017 ISBN: 978-0995623866) Central - Glesga, prose
g oan a power ae shite an ahm bored oot mah nut. Mah uncle's big, on page 76

1 matches

Smith, Elaine C. The Glasgow Gruffalo's Wean, (Itchy Coo 2021 ISBN: 978-1785303425) Central - Glasgow, weans
wiz the Gruffalo's Wean dead bored . . . on page 31

1 matches

Ayrshire

Wilson, Rab Lallans 85 - Roads, (Lallans Magazine 2014) Central, poetry
The sun's fierce beams bored throu on page 10

1 matches

General Central

Rennie, Susan The Wee Prince, (Edition Lintenfass 2017 ISBN: 978-3946190592) Central, prose
alike. An sae, I am a bittie bored. But gin ye tame me, my life on page 68

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Geordie's Mingin Medicine, (Itchy Coo 2007 ISBN: 978-1845021603) Central, weans
Geordie wis that bored he could greet. He didna hae on page 1

1 matches

Travers, Martin A Nappie Lassie Blethers tae a Fritter, (Scots Language Centre 2021) Central, script
Iona. (Bored) Hit gaed weel eneuch. Aye. A on page 3

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Kate O Shanter's Tale: And Other Poems, (Luath 2003 ISBN: 978-1842820285) Central, poetry
He's sae bored it nips his lugs on page 22

1 matches

Heron, Caitlin Groonded, (Scots Hoose 2017) Central, weans
Aw alane and bored oot ma nutter
1 matches

Rennie, Susan The Hoose o Haivers, (Itchy Coo 2002 ISBN: 978-1902927442) Central, weans
he god o the fower wunds, wis bored. It wis simmer an he cudna ha
1 matches

Curt_Kenobi Mates, (archiveofourown.org 2016) Central, prose
h'm clean, n when ah am, ah'm bored as fuck. Sae ah dae shite tae
1 matches

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
Soo bored, miss being bossed aboot life(2020)

@Chazzbat tweeted
ame. Ah tried 3 times, but it bored the tits aff me.(2020)
@mrnickharvey Bored, Ah suppose. They niver say w(2020)

@rattlecans tweeted
ology rooms, refusing tae get bored while I poured masel intae al (2022) twitter link

East Antrim (Larne)

King, Angeline Weans o Latharna, (angelineking.com 2021) Ulster - Larne, weans
‘Ah'm bored.’ ah saed tae Mammy.
‘How cud ye be bored? It’s simmer. Ye’re aff s
tae play on bikes an al. Ah'm bored o bikes an al.’
‘Ah'm bored bein King Billy,’ ah saed.
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General Ulster

@OrangRuth tweeted
auld Ruthie here has the tits bored off her. I just wish he'd twe(2020)