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Use in varieties of Scots

dismay Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words4.7 2.1 13.6 9.9 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences154 9 1 0 0 1
Number of authors7 2 3 1 1

Occurrences of dismay 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.

Central

Muir, Glenn The McFables: Selected Aesop's Fables in Scots, (self-published 2015 ISBN: 978-1519739216) Central, poetry
Tae be the cause o sic dismay on page 21
The Goat said in dismay. on page 23

2 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
inated flair but tae ma utter dismay. This fails tae huv the desir on page 48

1 matches

Burnett, Colin Cardboard Gangster - Part 1, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central, prose
But tae be honest, tae ma ain dismay the full amount hus been peye
1 matches

Doric

Grant, Margaret Young At Hert, (Huntly Writers 2023 ISBN: 978-0993597152) Doric, poetry
Bit tae Lizzie's dismay it wis scuffy o news on page 15

1 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Alive an Kickin, (Argo Publishing 2004 ISBN: 978-0954615314) Doric - Inverurie, prose
ain!" Ah roart, leukin oan in dismay it the excavation site at ees on page 62
Betty waatched in dismay es she pulled open a thing li on page 83
"It did..." Ah leukit oan wi dismay it the sotter the place wis i on page 86

3 matches

Leslie, Deborah Doric - Hale an Hairty, (Argo Publishing 2011 ISBN: 978-0954615345) Doric - Inverurie, prose
"WILLIE!" Vi lookit on in dismay, ony hopes she micht've hid o on page 33
an aa," Ah said, lookin on in dismay as Ruth cam in an sut doon it on page 74

2 matches

Smith, Alex A Sair Fecht, (self-published 2003) Doric, prose
I div look oot in great dismay,
1 matches

Smith, Alex A Fer Chauve, (self-published 2005) Doric, prose
"Gordons advance" Tae her dismay the bush advanced ana an she
Canna help bit feel a bit o dismay,
2 matches

Orkney

Parkins, Hazel Seven Year O Yule Days, (H and M Parkins 2002 ISBN: 978-0954363505) Orkney, poetry
ish and Jimmack lukked oot in dismay on page 16

1 matches

Ulster

Morrison-Smyth, Anne Alice's Carrants in Wunnerlan, (Evertype 2013 ISBN: 978-1-78201-011-1) Ulster - Ballymoney, prose
shae exclaimt in a tone o big dismay, an stairtet pickin thim up a on page 116

1 matches

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