A Corpus of 21st Century Scots Texts

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The word 'missing'

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Use in varieties of Scots

Dialect map - Usage over time
missingOccurrences normalised per million wordsOccurrencesAuthors
Total Corpus9.12918
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 26.2 8 3
MNB - Mid Northern B 131 1 1
SNO - South Northern
ABN - Aberdeen
DOR - General Northern 31 7 4
NEC - North East Central
SEC - (South) East Central 7.7 3 1
WCE - West Central 4.6 1 1
DUN - Dundee
EDN - Edinburgh 6.3 1 1
GLA - Glasgow 5.4 1 1
AYR - Ayrshire
LAL - General Central 2.7 2 2
SEA - South East (Borders) 37.4 3 2
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
SYN - Synthetic (no region)

Occurrences of missing in Corpus

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Shetland

@helenmoncrieff tweeted
e when you're oot on da hill. Missing woman spent night on Ronas Hi(2014)

Mid Northern A

Hutchison, Pat Catty, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
t bullets but twenty two were missing. The used cartridges hid been
ae find the names o the ither missing bodies.
lly if you do find any of the missing bodies just get in touch with
3 matches

Hutchison, Pat The Tabby Sooker, (McStorytellers.com 2017) Doric - Banffshire, prose
tabbies. Nae a man known for missing opportunities, I made good us
1 matches

@DoricPhrases tweeted
A Fit Like? Is missing fae this list. Fit’s the Dor(2016)
x days later. This wikk ah’m missing HertBeat...(2019)
eir daily lyffe: ah’m really missing #TheArchers(2020)

@FaeFoggie tweeted
@Branson1873 @NHSNSS Folk are missing oot.(2019)

Mid Northern B

@McGoo1888 tweeted
hearty...wan eh the lads wus missing ah hand...wan eyed Stan the J (2021) twitter link

General Northern

Gray, Kath Lallans 63 - Aikey Brae Fair – 1962, (Lallans Magazine 2003) Doric, prose
?? BIT MISSING
?? BIT MISSING
2 matches

@72redz1903 tweeted
e missed pens and Toney it’s missing oot on England squad? (2022) twitter link
everything that is presently missing when it comes tae Scottish fi (2020) twitter link

@cligeey tweeted
@HopepunkQ Abidy is missing Bennachie the noo(2020)

@fittiecrooners tweeted
oonter & moans aboot pens gan missing! Then hands me a box o'bookie(2016)
ng rubbish. Half the folk hae missing teeth, need a gud wash & nae (2018)

(South) East Central

@kennethbryce184 tweeted
tice number - it seems to be missing - thats where im registered (2020) twitter link
sSCFC @robertmdaws zebedee is missing (2020) twitter link
am a missing summit here - scotland r goi (2021) twitter link

West Central

Nicol, Alissa Poor Wee Livvy, (Scots Hoose 2022) Central - North Lanarkshire, weans
e her and tell her she's went missing..." Lewis replied.
1 matches

Edinburgh

Docherty, John F. Lallans 81 - Lang Summer Days, (Lallans Magazine 2012) Central, prose
ou the above named soldier is missing, presumed dead.' Jings, Ah'll on page 76

1 matches

Glasgow

Cunningham, Lucy nothing but a set of eyes for stars - Swedish Fish, (Association for Scottish Literature 2023 ISBN: 978-1906841546) Central, prose
tae school the day, She's no missing or anything. A sat the puppie on page 40

1 matches

General Central

@Seperatist_No1 tweeted
heres the banter ?? this fuds missing it ??(2020)

@jax6754 tweeted
be oan catch up cos currently missing on catch up! xxx(2015)

South East (Borders)

Thompson, James My Borderlands, (Richardson and Son Printers 2023) Southern - Hawick, poetry
Tae find the missing Key on page 19
Fur the Ram whae's lugs are missing on page 25

2 matches

@officialAliRed tweeted
the 2019 Common-Riding. After missing last year with a broken back,(2019)

South West (Galloway)

Douglas, David Chuckies fir the Cairn, (Luath 2009 ISBN: 978-1906817053) Central - Galloway, poetry
there's nae thing missing frae on page 41

1 matches

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